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The University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology rank among top 10 public universities receiving Marshall scholars. Since 2001, Georgia Tech students have received 8 Marshall Scholarships and UGA has received 5 ranking 2nd and 6th respectively for most Marshall Scholars among public universities.
Founded in 1785, the University of Georgia awarded its first graduate degree, a Master of Arts, nearly a century later in 1870. The first Master of Arts curriculum was put in place in 1868 during the administration of Chancellor Andrew A. Lipscomb, and the first graduate degrees were awarded in 1870 to Washington Dessau, future chancellor Walter Barnard Hill, and Burgess Smith. [5]
The University System of Georgia was created with the passage of the Reorganization Act of 1931 by the Georgia General Assembly in 1931. The Reorganization Act created a Board of Regents to oversee the state's colleges and universities and the 26 boards of trustees that had provided oversight over the various institutions before passage of the act. [9]
The system of 26 colleges and universities includes the University of Georgia, the state's flagship land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant research university, Fort Valley State University, a historically black land-grant university, [10] Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, which specializes in coastal and marine environments and ...
This is a list of universities in the country Georgia. For a listing within the U.S. state of Georgia , refer to List of colleges and universities in Georgia (U.S. state) . State universities
Mercer University has been named one of Georgia’s best colleges.. Niche ranked Mercer the fourth best college in the Peach State.. Niche said its rankings are “based on rigorous analysis of ...
Defunct public universities and colleges in Georgia (U.S. state) (1 C, 13 P) Technical College System of Georgia (32 P) University System of Georgia (23 C, 17 P)
List of universities in Georgia (country) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of colleges and universities in Georgia .