Universities in Atlanta, GA
4 indexed campuses, 36k students, ranked by the Campus Atlas quality index. Addresses and tuition bands sit on each profile.
| # | Institution | City | Control | Students | Admitted | Tuition | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emory | Atlanta, GA | private | 16,000 | — | $56,000 | 74 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA | public | 15,000 | 16% | $11,000 / $33,000 | 68 |
| 3 | Spelman | Atlanta, GA | private | 2,200 | — | $43,000 | 62 |
| 4 | Morehouse | Atlanta, GA | private | 3,000 | — | $41,000 | 58 |
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Emory University
Atlanta, GA · private
Methodist-founded research university with a leading medical centre, public health and business school.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · public
Public engineering school with an online computer-science master that is one of the most enrolled graduate programs in the country.
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA · private
Leading HBCU for women, producing an outsized number of PhD graduates.
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA · private
Historic mens HBCU in the Atlanta University Center consortium.
Enrolment, tuition and acceptance figures are rounded planning values compiled in 2025/26 for orientation. Verify exact numbers with each university's official fact sheet before you apply.