ATLANTA — The 2025 U.S. News & World Report best college rankings were released on Tuesday, and once again several Georgia schools were high up the list.
Here's a rundown of how colleges and universities in Georgia placed among the rankings, both in the national universities category and in liberal arts and regional college categories.
The U.S. News full rankings can be found here.
Georgia college rankings in 2025 US News list | National universities
- No. 24: Emory University
- No. 33: Georgia Tech University
- No. 46: University of Georgia
- No. 165: Mercer University
- No. 196: Georgia State University
- No. 296: Augusta University
- No. 342: Georgia Southern University
- No. 352: Clark Atlanta University
- No. 371: University of West Georgia
- No. 392-434 (grouped together in rankings): Brenau University, Kennesaw State University, Valdosta State University
Georgia college rankings in 2025 US News list | National liberal arts colleges
- No. 40: Spelman College
- No. 63: Ages Scott College
- No. 95: Morehouse College
- No. 119: Covenant College
- No. 153: Oglethorpe University
- No. 187-204 (grouped together in rankings): Paine College, Young Harris College
Georgia college rankings in 2025 US News list | Regional universities South
- No. 4: Berry College
- No. 8: Savannah College of Art and Design
- No. 15: Georgia College & State University
- No. 47: University of North Georgia
- No. 62: Fort Valley State University
- No. 65: Columbus State University, Piedmont University (tie)
- No. 86: Clayton State University
- No. 97: Albany State University
- No. 104: Georgia Southwestern State University
- No. 112: Savannah State University
- No. 115: Middle Georgia State University, Shorter University (tie)
- No. 117: Life University
- No. 122-133 (grouped together in rankings): Thomas University
- Unranked: South University
