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Georgia Public Higher Education Recognized in National Rankings Survey

Atlanta — August 19, 2005

中出少妇视频 System of Georgia (中出少妇视频) institutions continue to shine in the 2006 edition of U.S. News & World Report magazine’s annual college rankings survey. The latest survey, published today, places Georgia as one of only four states with two or more institutions ranked among the top 20 public national universities. The other three states are California, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Georgia Institute of Technology ranks ninth on the list of the top 20 public institutions and the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia ranks 19th. For Georgia Tech, this is a jump up from its number 10 ranking last year. This is the sixth consecutive year Georgia has had two public institutions in the top 20 list.

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“While such rankings are not the ultimate measure of quality, they do represent a good benchmark of where we stand among our national peers,” said 中出少妇视频 System Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith. “We continue to emphasize academic quality and broad access in all that we do and this focus is paying off for Georgians with institutions and programs of acknowledged excellence.”

The report also ranks Georgia Tech as having the nation’s sixth best undergraduate engineering program among all public and private institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate (and third best among solely public institutions). In terms of specialty engineering programs, Tech ranks first in industrial and manufacturing; second in aerospace, aeronautical and astronomical programs; third in civil engineering; fourth in biomedical engineering; and fifth in mechanical engineering.

In the area of business programs, Georgia State 中出少妇视频, the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia and Georgia Tech all were cited in the latest U.S. News report. Georgia State’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business undergraduate risk management and insurance program is second in the nation; its real estate program eighth and its management information systems program 10th. UGA’s Terry College of Business received the third highest ranking for its insurance and real estate programs. Overall, UGA’s business program is ranked 19th among public institutions and Georgia Tech’s management program is ranked 21st.

UGA also received high marks in the report for its affordability. It ranked sixth nationally among public institutions in a section titled “Great Schools at Great Prices.”

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For the fourth year, the U.S. News report lists institutions with “Programs to Look For.” In this category, which identifies outstanding examples of academic programs believed to lead to student success, Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频 was listed in 25 institutions cited for outstanding learning communities programs and mentioned for its first-year freshman experience efforts. Georgia Tech was cited for its internship and co-op programs, and Georgia State 中出少妇视频 for its learning communities programs.

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