The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. Located in Athens, approximately northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2007, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 20th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a ninth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University System of Georgia, with an enrollment of 33,831 as of the Fall of 2007.