Georgia College & State University

Georgia College & State University (Georgia College) is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students. It was designated as Georgia's "Public Liberal Arts University" in 1996 by the Board of Regents, and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Its "private university" approach includes a student to faculty ratio that averages 17 to 1. While the legal name is Georgia College & State University, Georgia College is preferred by the university, to distinguish itself from Georgia State University. This "shorthand" or "brand name" is widely used by faculty, staff, students, administrators and alumni. Georgia College was chartered in 1889 as Georgia Normal and...