Georgia State University is the embodiment of an idea: A great university is accessible, responsive, and relevant. This combination provides Georgia State students with many advantages.
Accessibility at Georgia State has many aspects. One is physical accessibility. The compact central campus in downtown Atlanta is within walking distance of thousands of offices and downtown living spaces and is but a short distance from major thoroughfares, interstates, and the many MARTA rapid-transit routes that feed the center of the city. The Georgia State MARTA station is adjacent to a campus at the very heart of the cultural, financial, legal, government, health-care, retail, and convention centers of Atlanta.
The downtown location provides a special advantage for students pursuing internships, which often lead to full-time careers upon graduation.
Georgia State is financially accessible. The university offers a first-rate education in a very broad spectrum of disciplines at very competitive fees, an excellent value in today's educational marketplace. More than $90 million in scholarships, financial aid, and work-study programs is provided annually.
The university is responsive to students' career goals, providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs in over 200 fields of study through its six college-level units: the College of Arts and Sciences, the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Health and Human Sciences, the College of Law, and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Each term, courses are taught day and evening, and students may study full or part time. Many programs may be entered any term of the year.
Georgia State's degree programs are highly respected and well recognized for their quality. Furthermore, they are relevant to the practical needs of both the student and the community. Most were designed with the input of community and industry advisory groups: A Georgia State University education is authentic preparation for success in today's world.
Georgia State — a premier urban research institution — is the second largest of Georgia's 80 accredited institutions of higher learning and enrolls some 30,000 students each fall — 10 percent of all students in higher education in the state. Students come from nearly every county in Georgia, every state in the union, and over 100 other nations. Georgia State has a diverse student body with 45 percent being white, 31 percent black, 13 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 7 percent Hispanic, 3 percent mixed race/ethnicity, and 0.3 percent American Indian.