Facts & Figures

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Grady College’s four undergraduate majors (AB)

Advertising (AD) | Entertainment and Media Studies (EMST) | Journalism (JOUR) | Public Relations (PR)

	Fall 2021	Fall 2020	Fall 2019	Fall 2018
AD	427	442	437	414
JOUR/DBJ*	432	408	417	418
MMA/EMST*	286	276	293	273
PR	387	368	371	378

Grady’s Graduate Degrees

	Fall 2021	Fall 2020	Fall 2019	Fall 2018
MA	101	78	73	76
MFA	66	64	38	31
PHD	34	35	39	37

Degrees Conferred

	2020-2021	2019-2020	2018-2019	2017-2018
A.B./A.B.J.	545	618	593	595
MA	55	42	45	35
MFA	8	8	22	13
PHD	6	7	3	2
Totals	614	675	663	645

Time to Degree

First-time, full-time freshmen

	# of Grady Majors	# of Students Still Enrolled	# of Students Withdrawn	# of Grady Graduates	Mean Time-to- Degree at UGA*	Mean Time-to- Degree at Grady**
2012	462	0	27	435	3.77	2.48
2013	460	0	28	432	3.80	2.81
2014	465	2	35	429	3.77	3.40
2015	403	0	23	380	3.76	3.38
2016	427	6	21	404	3.74	3.30
2017	438	31	28	379	3.72	3.36
2018	412	328	21	63	3.21	3.06

Note: The enrollment data are through Summer 2022. The graduation data are through Spring 2022.
* The average time for students to earn their first undergraduate degree in a college after enrolling into the university.
** The average time for students to earn their first undergraduate degree in a college after enrolling into that college. Includes semester of admission.

Full-time transfer sophomores

	# of Grady Majors	# of Students Still Enrolled	# of Students Withdrawn	# of Grady Graduates	Mean Time-to- Degree at UGA*	Mean Time-to- Degree at Grady**
2012	25	0	2	23	3.09	2.38
2013	19	0	1	18	2.80	2.15
2014	32	0	4	28	2.83	2.70
2015	45	0	2	43	2.63	2.54
2016	44	0	5	39	2.79	2.56
2017	61	2	6	53	2.75	2.26
2018	40	4	5	31	2.75	2.59

RETENTION & GRADUATION

First-time, full-time freshmen

	# of Grady Majors	# of Grady Graduates	% of Grady Majors Graduate in 4 Yrs/Less *	% of Grady Majors Graduate in 5 Yrs/Less	% of Grady Majors Graduate in 6 Yrs/Less
2012	462	435	81.80%	93.30%	94.20%
2013	460	432	77.40%	93.30%	93.90%
2014	465	429	78.50%	91.40%	92.00%
2015	403	380	81.10%	94.00%	94.30%
2016	427	404	82.70%	94.00%	N/A
2017	438	379	73.30%	N/A	N/A
2018	412	328	N/A	N/A	N/A

Note: The graduation data are through Spring 2022.
* The percentage of students who earn their first undergraduate degree in a college within 4 years of entering into the university.

Full-time transfer sophomores

	# of Grady Majors	# of Grady Graduates	% of Grady Majors Graduate in 4 Yrs/Less *	% of Grady Majors Graduate in 5 Yrs/Less	% of Grady Majors Graduate in 6 Yrs/Less
2012	25	23	88.00%	92.00%	92.00%
2013	19	18	94.70%	94.70%	94.70%
2014	32	28	84.40%	87.50%	87.50%
2015	45	43	95.60%	95.60%	95.60%
2016	44	39	81.80%	88.60%	N/A
2017	61	53	85.20%	N/A	N/A
2018	40	31	N/A	N/A	N/A

Note: The graduation data are through Spring 2022.
* The percentage of students who earn their first undergraduate degree in a college within 4 years of entering into the university.