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The University of Georgia has long been a point of pride for the state. With its beautiful campus, prestigious degrees and respected professors, most students in the state would love to attend UGA. Sadly, with the main campus located in Athens, going to school at UGA is difficult for many students.

But what some prospective students may not realize is that their UGA dreams are not that far away. The University of Georgia has a Tifton Campus which offers area students a chance to attend UGA without leaving south Georgia.

Agriculture is the number one industry in Georgia, and the UGA College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in Tifton is one of the top agricultural institutions in the country.

At the Tifton campus, students can transfer as juniors from a two-year institution to complete their undergraduate degree in a smaller classroom setting than the main campus in Athens.

Tifton offers degrees in agricultural science, agricultural education, agribusiness and biological science.

The opportunities at UGA Tifton don’t stop with an undergraduate degree. Students can also receive their Masters in agriculture leadership and pest protection/pest management.

Aside from great degree programs, UGA also has the highest graduation rate of state institutions in Georgia, 85 percent. Students graduating from UGA also have very high statistics for finding jobs. There is a 100 percent post-graduation employment rate for the 2013 spring graduates of UGA Tifton.

Often confused with their neighbor, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, the Tifton campus is a separate institution with different missions.

“At UGA Tifton we blend research, extension and academics into one comprehensive mission,” said Joe W. West, Assistant Dean at UGA Tifton Campus.

UGA Tifton is proud to be making huge strides in the agriculture industry. Since its opening, the Tifton campus has worked on a number of projects and experiments.

According to West, “Our scientists have a global impact. Soccer’s World Cup was played in South Africa recently on turf developed at UGA Tifton. Our scientists are battling the kudzu stink bug, unknown in Georgia until five years ago. It has since reduced soybean yields by up to 60 percent. Water is a national issue and precision irrigation, which can reduce irrigation water use by 17 percent, was developed by UGA Tifton scientists and marketed in the private sector for farmers.”  

“UGA Tifton is proud to be a member of the Tifton community, and happy to play our pivotal leadership role for Georgia’s number one industry — agriculture,” said West.

UGA Tifton is located at 2360 Rainwater Road in Tifton. For information on applications, classes or programs or to see if UGA Tifton is the right school for you, please visit their website: http://www.caes.uga.edu/campus/tifton/ or give them a call at (229) 386-3338.