Georgia State University
Georgia State University is a public research university located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is sometimes referred to as Georgia State, State, or GSU. It is one of the four research institutions that make up the University System of Georgia and was established in 1913. Around 54,000 students, including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown, are enrolled at this university, making it the largest institution of higher education in terms of enrollment that is based in the state of Georgia. It is also among the top 10 universities in the United States in terms of number of students, placing it in the top 10 in the country.
"R1: Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity" is the category that Georgia State University is placed in. For the third year in a row, the university's research expenditures of more than $200 million for the 2018 fiscal year placed it in first place in the country among institutions that do not include a school of engineering, medicine, or agriculture. The university is the most comprehensive public institution in Georgia, providing more than 250 degree programmes in over 100 different areas of study throughout its 10 academic colleges and schools, making it the state's most all-encompassing educational establishment. There are two libraries at Georgia State: the University Library, which is divided between Library North and Library South on the main campus as well as among the campuses of the Perimeter College, and the Law Library, which is situated on the main campus. Both of these libraries are designated as federal document depositories and have a combined collection of about 13 million items. The economic contribution of Georgia State University to the state of Georgia is $2.5 billion.
The intercollegiate sports teams of Georgia State University, known as the Georgia State Panthers, participate in the NCAA Division I's Sun Belt Conference, with the exception of the beach volleyball team, which competes in C-USA. Georgia State University was one of the first schools to join what is now known as the Sun Belt Conference.
The Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce was the precursor of what is now Georgia State University. It was founded in 1913 with the intention of functioning as a night school. In the 1930s, a restructuring of the University System of Georgia resulted in the institution becoming the Atlanta Extension Center of the University System of Georgia. This opened the door for night students to acquire degrees from many schools that were part of the University System. During this time period, the educational institution was split into two distinct parts: the Georgia Evening College and the Atlanta Junior College. As of September 1947, the institution was officially recognised as a branch of the University of Georgia and given the designation Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia.
It has recently been designated as a minority-serving institution that Georgia State University is. It has attained the status of having one of the most ethnically diverse campuses in the country and is now the most ethnically diverse college in the state of Georgia. Since the beginning of the 2010s, Georgia State University has been the top non-profit college in the United States in terms of the number of African Americans it graduates each year with a bachelor's degree.