Three Georgia schools rank among top 100 of WalletHub college & university rankings

Three Georgia universities ranked in the top 100 of WalletHub's College & University Rankings for 2024.

The Georgia Institute of Technology earned the top ranking in the state, landing at No. 16 nationally. Emory University ranked at No. 31 and the University of Georgia ranked at No. 64.

Yale claimed the No. 1 spot overall, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, Caltech and Harvard.

To determine its rankings, WalletHub, a personal finance company, compared 857 higher-education institutions across 30 key measures in these seven categories:

1. Student selectivity

2. Cost and financing

3. Faculty resources

4. Campus safety

5. Campus experience

6. Educational outcomes

7. Career outcomes

How Georgia colleges and universities ranked on WalletHub's list

Eleven Georgia schools are on WalletHub's list of the 500 best colleges and universities in the U.S.:

• No. 16 Georgia Institute of Technology

• No. 31 Emory University

• No. 64 University of Georgia

• No. 186 Mercer University

• No. 231 Berry College

• No. 265 Covenant College

• No. 347 Wesleyan College

• No. 351 Georgia College & State University

• No. 424 Oglethorpe University

• No. 436 Piedmont University

• No. 486 Thomas University

Of the more than 800 schools, Middle Georgia State University was noted by WalletHub as one of the colleges with the highest admission rate, meaning the student selectivity is low. Additionally, Georgia State University was tied for last in student-teacher ratio.

Top 10 colleges ranked by WalletHub

1. Yale University

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3. Princeton University

4. California Institute of Technology

5. Harvard University

6. Duke University

7. Rice University

8. Northwestern University

9. Johns Hopkins University

10. Stanford University

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Georgia Tech, UGA, Emory in top 100 of WalletHub 2024 rankings