Georgia College & State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Georgia College & State University is a public, co-educational university located in Milledgeville, Georgia. It was established in 1889 as a women's college known as Georgia Normal & Industrial College. The college was later renamed as Georgia State College for Women. In 1967, it was renamed again after it became co-educational, this time as Georgia College. The college was given its current name in 1996.

The schools and colleges of the university include:

• J. Whitney Bunting School of Business
• John H. Lounsbury School of Education
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The university's sports teams are known as the Bobcats. GCSU fields men's tennis, golf, cross country, basketball and baseball teams, while it sponsors women's teams in cross country, golf, basketball, soccer and softball.

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Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching and art studies.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 6,506 in 2009-2010 (6,154 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students and graduate students are 20%.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Georgia College & State University provides on-campus housing for 2,237 of its 6,154 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Peach Belt Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 80 male students received the aid (men were 54% of those receiving aid) and 68 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 46% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Georgia College & State University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (33 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (347 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (11 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (452 awarded)

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Health Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (24 awarded)

• Public Administration

LIBERAL ARTS (201 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (55 awarded)

• Journalism

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (102 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (9 awarded)

• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

SCIENCE (66 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (32 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (91 awarded)

• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology