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With a bustling student population, Atlanta is a big college town, period. There's the sprawling Georgia State University campus in downtown. Not far from GSU is a cluster of historically black colleges, including Morehouse and Spelman colleges. Georgia Tech is a growing presence in Midtown while Emory University is a powerhouse institution near Decatur. Many small liberal arts colleges such as Oglethorpe University and Agnes Scott College are here too, competing against big schools. In 2005, the Savannah College of Art and Design opened its Atlanta campus. An hour away in Athens is the University of Georgia.

• Georgia State University
• Morehouse College
• Spelman College
• Georgia Tech
• Emory University
• Agnes Scott College
• Oglethorpe University
• Georgia Perimeter College
• Savannah College of Art and Design
• University of Georgia
• Clark Atlanta University
• Kennesaw State University
• Clayton State University
• Mercer University
• University of West Georgia
• Southern Polytechnic State University
• Morehouse School of Medicine
• Brenau University
• Interdenominational Theological Center
• Columbia Theological Seminary

Emory students volunteer to connect with community
More than 400 Emory University Rollins School of Public Health students will roll up their sleeves Thursday for a day of service to help Atlantans ...
Georgia colleges reject effort to lower drinking age
Several Georgia colleges are distancing themselves from a nationwide debate about lowering the legal drinking age.
Survey: Georgia professors respect political views
The majority of students at public colleges in Georgia believe their professors respect their political opinions and don't inappropriately push their own views, according ...
Ex-Ga. Tech worker gets 2.6 years for purchases
In the end, a former Georgia Tech employee who stole $316,000 with university credit cards stood mute before a federal judge as she was ...
Ga. colleges hammering out plan to cut budgets
The state Board of Regents will meet Wednesday to hammer out a plan for meeting Gov. Sonny Perdue's statewide budget cuts.