Emory University
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Atlanta, GA
Population
4,000,000
Website
http://www.emory.edu/
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
7,275
Men / Women
43% / 57%
White
34%
Asian
19%
International
16%
Black
13%
Hispanic
8%
Mixed
3%
Native American
0%
From State
15%
From Region
10%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics
28%
Life & Natural Sciences
20%
Health Sciences
11%
Physical Sciences & Math
8%
Computer Science
5%
Arts
3%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$67,080
Est. Cost of Attendance
$83,622
10-Year ROI
$266,000
ROI Percentile
95th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
96%
4-Year Graduation Rate
81%
6-Year Graduation Rate
91%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Weather
Comfortable Days
115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours
2,640 (57%)
Days Without Precipitation
244 (45%)
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
12%
Yield (Unbound)
9%
Early Decision 1
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 1
Early Decision 2
Jan 15
Research
Research Level
R1
Expenditure
| Life & Natural Sciences | $1,154M | #15 |
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $44M | #123 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $10M | #129 |
Graduate Degrees
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 405 | #39 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 362 | #67 |
| Engineering, Computing & Math | 54 | #96 |
Honors College
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
68%
SAT Range
1480
–
1530
SAT Math Range
740
–
790
SAT RW Range
720
–
760
ACT Range
33
–
35
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emory College of Arts and Sciences | 1,374 | 39% / 61% | 15% | $77,655 | 91% | ||
| Computer Science | 73 +28 | 73% / 27% | 27% | $166,603 | 100 | 94% | |
| Data Science | 11 +2 | 73% / 27% | 45% | $117,220 | 98 | — | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 9 — | 56% / 44% | 22% | $105,926 | 95 | — | |
| Applied Mathematics and Statistics | 13 +4 | 46% / 54% | 46% | $81,787 | 76 | 94% | |
| Astronomy | 3 +1 | 67% / 33% | 33% | $82,869 | 78 | — | |
| Chemistry | 91 +18 | 45% / 55% | 18% | $64,937 | 39 | 86% | |
| Mathematics | 10 +3 | 70% / 30% | 30% | $92,810 | 87 | — | |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 22 +3 | 73% / 27% | 50% | $91,577 | 86 | 100% | |
| Physical Sciences | 10 — | 30% / 70% | 10% | $83,185 | 78 | — | |
| Physics | 17 +4 | 65% / 35% | 12% | $83,747 | 79 | — | |
| Biology | 202 +14 | 37% / 63% | 13% | $67,087 | 45 | 90% | |
| Biophysics | 4 — | 75% / 25% | 25% | $72,781 | 60 | — | |
| Environmental Sciences | 32 +6 | 38% / 62% | 12% | $73,608 | 62 | 87% | |
| Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology | 170 +2 | 32% / 68% | 6% | $66,695 | 44 | 87% | |
| Human Health | 54 +15 | 17% / 83% | 6% | $81,404 | 76 | 86% | |
| Economics | 66 +68 | 56% / 44% | 30% | $104,633 | 94 | 93% | |
| Economics and Mathematics | 7 — | 57% / 43% | 57% | $112,851 | 97 | — | |
| African American Studies | — +7 | — | — | $76,641 | 68 | — | |
| African Studies | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $83,027 | 78 | 88% | |
| American Studies | — +1 | — | — | $80,958 | 75 | — | |
| Anthropology | 60 +9 | 27% / 73% | 2% | $69,305 | 51 | 89% | |
| Chinese | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $68,542 | 49 | — | |
| Chinese Studies | — +4 | — | — | $80,423 | 74 | — | |
| Classical and Ancient Studies | — +3 | — | — | $74,331 | 63 | — | |
| Classics | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $71,623 | 57 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 8 +1 | 12% / 88% | 12% | $69,464 | 52 | — | |
| Comparative Literature | 3 +2 | 33% / 67% | 33% | $55,567 | 14 | 84% | |
| East Asian Studies | 2 +5 | 0% / 100% | 100% | $83,027 | 78 | 88% | |
| English | 18 +14 | 28% / 72% | 6% | $62,306 | 31 | 100% | |
| English and Creative Writing | 26 +6 | 19% / 81% | 15% | $53,363 | 10 | 94% | |
| French Studies | 5 +4 | 40% / 60% | 0% | $73,682 | 62 | 90% | |
| History | 18 +8 | 56% / 44% | 28% | $60,217 | 25 | 92% | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 9 +1 | 44% / 56% | 11% | $90,043 | 85 | 94% | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture and Society | 3 +3 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $88,225 | 84 | 91% | |
| International Studies | 18 +9 | 28% / 72% | 0% | $80,251 | 74 | 86% | |
| Japanese Language | 1 +4 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $68,530 | 49 | — | |
| Japanese Studies | — +2 | — | — | $80,738 | 75 | — | |
| Jewish Studies | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $80,807 | 75 | 91% | |
| Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $83,027 | 78 | 88% | |
| Linguistics | 9 +11 | 22% / 78% | 11% | $55,567 | 14 | 84% | |
| Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies | 1 +2 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $83,027 | 78 | 88% | |
| Philosophy | 35 +20 | 29% / 71% | 11% | $74,078 | 63 | — | |
| Political Science | 58 +22 | 52% / 48% | 5% | $64,001 | 36 | 93% | |
| Psychology | 107 +39 | 21% / 79% | 12% | $67,538 | 46 | 94% | |
| Quantitative Sciences | 85 +50 | 52% / 48% | 31% | $91,577 | 86 | 100% | |
| Religion | 2 +5 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $80,807 | 75 | 91% | |
| Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | 2 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $83,027 | 78 | 88% | |
| Sociology | 26 +27 | 23% / 77% | 12% | $65,354 | 40 | 94% | |
| Spanish | 3 +17 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $73,682 | 62 | 90% | |
| Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 5 +9 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $57,570 | 18 | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 8 — | 25% / 75% | 12% | $81,404 | 76 | 86% | |
| Art History | 8 +6 | 12% / 88% | 38% | $51,183 | 7 | — | |
| Dance and Movement Studies | 2 +9 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $44,587 | 3 | — | |
| Film and Media | 38 +13 | 26% / 74% | 16% | $51,416 | 8 | — | |
| Music | 6 +18 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $48,474 | 5 | 95% | |
| Playwriting | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $44,274 | 3 | — | |
| Theater Studies | 6 +6 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $44,158 | 3 | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goizueta Business School | 500 | 58% / 42% | 23% | $117,555 | 95% | ||
| Accounting | 4 — | 75% / 25% | 0% | $109,433 | 96 | — | |
| Business Administration | 429 — | 56% / 44% | 23% | $116,453 | 98 | — | |
| Business Analytics | 12 — | 50% / 50% | 33% | $113,714 | 97 | — | |
| General Business | 55 — | 67% / 33% | 22% | $127,583 | 99 | 95% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | 160 | 12% / 88% | 2% | $88,808 | 98% | ||
| Medical Imaging | 8 — | 12% / 88% | 0% | $84,516 | 80 | 97% | |
| Nursing | 152 — | 12% / 88% | 3% | $89,034 | 84 | 98% |
Rankings
Academics
Future Ambulance Chasers
Top Law School Feeders
Have You Been in an Accident?
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Moving to a Warmer Climate
My Tribe
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
I'm Jewish, You're Jewish, Everyone's Jewish
Computer Science
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language
Computer Science (A&S)
Wait, We Have a CS Major?
Physical Sciences & Math
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
The Double Helix
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Field Station
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Lord of the Petri Dish
Microbiology & Immunology
Sterile Technique Survivors
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Pipette Pros
Action Potentials
Neuroscience
Pre-Meds in Disguise
Health Sciences
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts)
Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers
Pharmacy
Dosage Masters
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time
Public Health
Epidemiology Elite
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Supply Chain Bottlenecks
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
I Actually Wanted to do Finance
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Midtown Manhattan Waiting Room
Tik-Tok Generation
Marketing
The Creatives
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
The Applied Cyborgs
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
Well-Versed
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Caucus Crew
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
Footnote Masters
I'll Figure Out the Career Later
Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Dabbler Deluxe
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
Late Night Debaters
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
The Manipulation Majors
Arguing with God for a Grade
Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective