Fast Facts
Founded in 1912
The University of Georgia was the first Southern university — and one of the first in the nation — to establish a school of business. Today, the Terry College of Business delivers top-quality instruction while providing its world-class faculty a climate for both basic and applied research and a service program designed to meet the needs of the business community of Georgia and beyond. Consistently ranked among the top business schools in the country, the Terry College is home to several nationally ranked programs.
| Current Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Programs | |
| Bachelor of Business Administration | |
| 30th | U.S. News & World Report |
| 44th | Business Week |
| Risk Management and Insurance | |
| 2nd | U.S. News & World Report |
| Real Estate | |
| 3rd | U.S. News & World Report |
| Management Information Systems | |
| 9th | U.S. News & World Report |
| Accounting | |
| 7th | Public Accounting Report |
| 18th | U.S. News & World Report |
| Graduate Program (MBA) | |
| Master of Business Administration | |
| 45th | Economists Intelligence Unit* |
| 46th | Financial Times* |
| 49th | U.S. News & World Report |
| Executive MBA | |
| 22nd | Financial Times* |
| Management Information Systems | |
| 15th | U.S. News & World Report |
| Accounting (MAcc) | |
| 10th | Public Accounting Report |
| 22nd | U.S. News & World Report |
* U.S. business schools only
| Undergraduate Student Demographics | |
|---|---|
| Male | 64% |
| Female | 36% |
| Georgia Resident | 89% |
| Non-residents | 11% |
| U.S. Citizen | 96% |
| International | 4% |
| Enrollment | Fall 2008 |
|---|---|
| Total Terry College Enrollment | 3360 |
| Bachelor's Programs | |
| BBA (Athens) | 2404 |
| BA - Economics (Athens) | 113 |
| BBA (Gwinnett/Griffin) | 10 |
| Total Undergraduate Enrollment | 2527 |
| Master of Business Administration | |
| Full-time MBA | 140 |
| Evening MBA (Gwinnett) | 188 |
| Evening MBA (Buckhead) | 160 |
| Executive MBA | 115 |
| IBM Customized MBA | 40 |
| Total MBA Enrollment | 643 |
| Specialized Master's Programs | |
| Master of Arts - Economics | 3 |
| MAcc | 59 |
| MIT | 25 |
| MMR | 29 |
| Total Specialized Master's Enrollment | 116 |
| PhD | |
| PhD - Business Administration | 47 |
| PhD - Economics | 27 |
| Total PhD Enrollment | 74 |
| Total Graduate Enrollment | 833 |
Academic Units & Programs
Degrees
J.M. Tull School of Accounting
www.terry.uga.edu/accounting
706-542-1616
Degrees offered: BBA, MAcc, PhD
Banking and Finance
www.terry.uga.edu/finance
706-542-6253
Degrees offered: BBA, PhD
Economics
www.terry.uga.edu/economics
706-542-1311
Degrees offered: BBA, AB/MA, PhD
Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate
www.terry.uga.edu/insurance, 706-542-4290
www.terry.uga.edu/legalstudies, 706-542-4290
www.terry.uga.edu/realestate, 706-542-4290
Degrees offered: BBA, PhD
International Business
www.terry.uga.edu/ib
706-542-3904
Degrees offered: BBA
Management
www.terry.uga.edu/management
706-542-1294
Degrees offered: BBA, PhD
Management Information Systems
www.terry.uga.edu/mis
706-542-3336
Degrees offered: BBA, MIT, PhD
Marketing and Distribution
www.terry.uga.edu/marketing
706-542-2123
Degrees offered: BBA, MMR, PhD
Master of Business Administration
www.terry.uga.edu/mba
Two-Year Full-Time, 706-542-5671
11-Month Full-Time, 706-542-5671
Evening MBA at Gwinnett and Buckhead, 678-985-6811
Executive MBA at Buckhead, 404-841-8105
Certificates
Institute for Leadership Advancement
www.terry.uga.edu/leadership
706-542-9770
Music Business Certificate Program
www.terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness
706-542-7668
Executive Education
www.terry.uga.edu/exec_ed
Executive Program for Financial Planning Certification
Directors' College
Southeastern Bank Management and Directors Conference
Trucking Profitability Strategies Conference
Bonbright Electric and Natural Gas Conference
Annual Invitational Insurance Management Seminar
Teaching Leadership
Understanding the Chinese Business Environment
Understanding the Indian Business Environment
Advanced School of Marketing Research
Economic Outlook Luncheon Series
Research Centers
Center for Information Systems Leadership
Center for Insurance Education and Research
Coca-Cola Center for International Business
Leadership Research Consortium
Coca-Cola Center for Marketing Studies
Nonprofit Management and Community Service Program
Ramsey Center for Private Enterprise
Charles S. Sanford, Jr. Center for Financial Research
Simon S. Selig, Jr. Center for Economic Growth
Facilities
Brooks Hall
Built in 1928, the building was known as the Commerce-Journalism Building before being renamed in 1974 for R. Preston Brooks, the college's first dean. Brooks Hall houses the dean's office, a 300-seat auditorium and over 260 faculty and staff offices. The original structure was seriously damaged by fire in 1995 and restored a year later.
Sanford Hall
Funded through private gifts and dedicated in 1997, Sanford Hall has a student lounge, academic advising center and 13 seminar rooms and classrooms with seating capacity ranging from 10 to 330. The building accommodates wireless computer access, and every desktop in Sanford Hall — 900 seats in all — is equipped with a network connection for laptops.
Caldwell Hall
Built in 1981, Caldwell Hall's classroom technology has been upgraded to match Sanford Hall. The seven-story building is primarily devoted to classrooms and computer labs.
Terry Executive Education Center
Prominently located in the One Live Oak office complex on Lenox Road, across from Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead, the Terry Executive Education Center is the home of the college's Executive MBA program and one of two sites in metro Atlanta for the Terry Evening MBA program. The center also is used for many non-degree executive programs.
Opened in 2005, the 27,000-square-foot facility spans three floors and features tiered executive classrooms, conference rooms, break-out meeting space, interview suites and offices for faculty, staff and Terry's executives-in-residence. The second floor has a large multipurpose room for receptions, dinners and other special events, including the college's Terry Third Thursday executive speaker series. Opening the Executive Education Center has been the most significant new development at the Terry College since Sanford Hall was built in 1997. The center serves as a hub for the college's activities in Atlanta, connecting Terry to the Atlanta business community.
Terry at Gwinnett
The University of Georgia's degree programs in Gwinnett, including the Terry Evening MBA and Master of Internet Technology, are housed in Buildings A, B and C of Georgia Gwinnett College, just off Highway 316 at Collins Hill Road in Lawrenceville.
Terry at Griffin
UGA's Griffin campus, located 40 miles south of Atlanta, was established as the Georgia Experiment Station in 1888 and is the site of Terry's newest Bachelor of Business Administration program.
C. Herman & Mary Virginia Terry
In October of 1991, the College of Business Administration was renamed in honor of alumnus Herman Terry, and his wife, Mary Virginia. A Georgia native, Mr. Terry (BSC '39) held executive positions with several insurance firms, including president of Dependable Insurance Co. in Jacksonville, which he built into a major corporation.
In 1990, the Terrys donated what was, at the time, the largest private gift in University history. That record gift endowed faculty chairs, a research fellowship program and scholarships. A year later, the state Board of Regents approved naming the college in their honor. Mr. Terry, who passed away in 1998, was an emeritus trustee of the UGA Foundation and in 1986 received the college's Distinguished Alumni Award.
