Atlanta, Georgia is home to the largest concentration of colleges and universities in the Southern United States. Two of the most important public universities in Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia State, have their campuses downtown. A campus of the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, that focuses on EMBAs, can also be found in the city.
Emory University is the highest ranked university in the metropolitan area.
The most prestigious HBCUs (Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College) are also found in Atlanta. The educational landscape in Atlanta is rounded out by the smaller liberal arts colleges of Agnes Scott College and Oglethorpe University.
This is a list of all of the colleges and universities in the city of Atlanta and Metro Atlanta.
City of Atlanta
editUniversities and graduate institutions
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- American InterContinental University
- Clark Atlanta University
- DeVry University
- Emory University
- Annexed by the City of Atlanta effective January 1, 2018[1]
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia State University
- Interdenominational Theological Center
- John Marshall Law School
- Mercer University (Cecil B. Day Graduate and Professional Campus)
- Morehouse School of Medicine
- University of Georgia (Terry College of Business Atlanta Center)
Colleges
edit- Art Institute of Atlanta
- Atlanta Metropolitan State College
- Carver College
- Chamberlain College of Nursing
- Herzing College
- Morehouse College
- Morris Brown College
- Evangeline Booth College (The Salvation Army)
- Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta campus)
- Spelman College
Community and technical colleges
editNeighboring cities and towns
editUniversities and graduate institutions
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- Brenau University (Fairburn)
- Brenau University (Gainesville)
- Brenau University (Norcross)
- Clayton State University (Morrow)
- Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur)
- Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw)
- Life University (Marietta)
- Oglethorpe University (Brookhaven)
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Georgia campus) (Suwanee)
- University of Georgia (Gwinnett Campus) (Lawrenceville); (Main Campus) (Athens)
- University of North Georgia (multiple campuses north of Atlanta)
- University of West Georgia (Carrollton)
Colleges
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- Agnes Scott College (Decatur)
- Ashworth College (Norcross)
- Georgia Gwinnett College (Lawrenceville)
- Oxford College (Oxford)
- Point University (West Point)
Community and technical colleges
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Niesse, Mark. "City of Atlanta's expansion to Emory and CDC approved". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 5, 2017.