Programs & majors brief
University of Georgia Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at UGA?
95 of 95 programs shown
Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.
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| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Information Systems and Services | 358 | $113,184 | #3 |
| Biochemical Engineering | 32 | $111,951 | — |
| International Business | 102 | $109,345 | #3 |
| Computer Science | 292 | $107,397 | #76 |
| Computer Engineering | 31 | $99,739 | #88 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | 40 | $98,280 | #127 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 544 | $97,364 | #26 |
| Insurance | 253 | $94,729 | #2 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 208 | $93,260 | #45 |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | 59 | $93,156 | #2 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 55 | $91,970 | #10 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 174 | $88,366 | #148 |
| Civil Engineering | 58 | $87,684 | #74 |
| Marketing | 375 | $85,785 | #20 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 182 | $84,675 | #13 |
| Statistics | 41 | $83,092 | #28 |
| Economics | 98 | $82,438 | #85 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 25 | $81,604 | #22 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 227 | $80,881 | #61 |
| Real Estate | 129 | $78,372 | #11 |
| Public Health | 152 | $78,085 | #10 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | 78 | $75,921 | #8 |
| Landscape Architecture | 45 | $74,983 | #1 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 310 | $74,531 | #12 |
| Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies | 138 | $74,107 | #1 |
| Political Science and Government | 218 | $70,877 | #60 |
| Nutrition Sciences | 99 | $70,867 | #3 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | 226 | $70,510 | #19 |
| Housing and Human Environments | 38 | $69,818 | #2 |
| Cognitive Science | 58 | $69,169 | #13 |
| Forestry small degree count | 13 | $68,965 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies | 121 | $68,319 | #33 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | 85 | $67,975 | #11 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 292 | $67,275 | #19 |
| Mathematics | 62 | $65,436 | #114 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 45 | $63,942 | #31 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | 87 | $61,955 | #2 |
| Animal Sciences | 88 | $61,176 | #1 |
| Sociology | 83 | $61,124 | #41 |
| Journalism | 153 | $60,729 | #22 |
| Biology, General | 608 | $60,366 | #97 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 169 | $59,664 | #8 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | 59 | $59,534 | #72 |
| Psychology, General | 581 | $59,446 | #38 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 68 | $58,123 | #11 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 92 | $56,024 | #39 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | 125 | $53,300 | #15 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 144 | $52,240 | #62 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 98 | $51,988 | #105 |
| Special Education and Teaching | 41 | $51,259 | #39 |
| History | 54 | $50,721 | #142 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 67 | $50,717 | #148 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | 44 | $49,436 | #22 |
| Social Work | 46 | $48,747 | #152 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 95 | $45,555 | #45 |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | 41 | $44,818 | #13 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 22 | $43,046 | #48 |
| Anthropology | 36 | $42,667 | #92 |
| Plant Sciences | 20 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Soil Sciences small degree count | 18 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Agriculture, General small degree count | 15 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Agricultural Public Services small degree count | 12 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Food Science and Technology small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy small degree count | 17 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | 22 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Agricultural Engineering small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | 48 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 17 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 13 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities small degree count | 7 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Genetics | 62 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | 35 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | 32 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Biotechnology | 21 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Zoology/Animal Biology small degree count | 7 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Botany/Plant Biology small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Computational Science small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Philosophy | 47 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Religion/Religious Studies small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Chemistry | 36 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | 23 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences small degree count | 18 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Physics small degree count | 12 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Geography and Cartography | 28 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Music | 41 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts small degree count | 18 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Dance small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration | 30 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | 23 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations small degree count | 13 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at UGA?
Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions
How do UGA majors rank nationally?
National program rankings
- Animal Sciences#1
- Landscape Architecture#1
- Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies#1
- Biological/Biosystems Engineering#2
- Housing and Human Environments#2
- Insurance#2
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations#2
- Nutrition Sciences#3
- International Business#3
- Management Information Systems and Services#3
- Agricultural Business and Management#8
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services#8
- Public Health#10
- Business/Commerce, General#10
- Biological and Physical Sciences#11
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services#11
- Real Estate#11
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication#12
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management#13
- Cognitive Science#13
- Business/Managerial Economics#13
- Fine and Studio Arts#15
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness#19
- International Relations and National Security Studies#19
- Marketing#20
- Journalism#22
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering#22
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology#22
- Finance and Financial Management Services#26
- Statistics#28
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics#31
- Communication and Media Studies#33
- Psychology, General#38
- Special Education and Teaching#39
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas#39
- Sociology#41
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication#45
- Accounting and Related Services#45
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft#48
Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.
Further analysis
The return on a degree from University of Georgia depends on the field a student enters. Azimuth ranks its programs using four-year earnings among federally aided completers, debt and cohort size rather than reputation.
The university holds 56 ranked programs and published earnings for 58 fields. Award counts reflect degrees conferred in one academic year, not individual students.
Business dominates the degree mix at 29.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Biological Sciences at 9.9% and Social Sciences at 7.8%. Biology is the largest single program with 608 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #97 in its field with median earnings of $60,366.
Management Information Systems and Services ranks much higher at #3 nationally, with graduates earning $113,184 four years after completion. International Business also sits in the top three at #3, with median earnings of $109,345.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.