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Augusta University was awarded 14 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked Augusta University as #986 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Augusta University is also ranked #27 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Augusta University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 78% of students accepted to Augusta University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 510 and 590.
The student to faculty ratio at Augusta University is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Augusta University is 66%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Augusta University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Augusta University is 20%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,674 undergraduates at Augusta University with 4,521 being full-time and 1,153 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,302 | $11,372 | $14,614 | $16,843 | $16,826 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Augusta University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Augusta University, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $5,534 a year. That adds up to $22,136 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Augusta University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1120 15Th St, Augusta, GA 30912 |
| Phone: | 706-721-0211 |
| Website: | www.augusta.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 431 | $74,307 |
| Medicine | 225 | NA |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 209 | NA |
| Information Technology | 136 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 101 | $60,541 |
| Health & Physical Education | 97 | $27,490 |
| General Psychology | 93 | $29,375 |
| Dentistry | 91 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 84 | $58,249 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 78 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 5,372 students took at least one online class at Augusta University. This is an increase from the 5,273 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,372 | 1,311 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,273 | 1,076 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,885 | 1,111 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,681 | 391 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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