| Address: |
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton,
GA
30118
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| Type: |
State University |
| Phone: |
Main:
678-839-5000
Admissions:
678-839-4000
Financial Aid:
678-839-6421
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Institution Overview
 A
coeducational, residential institution, the University of West
Georgia (UWG) is a comprehensive regional university that
enrolled 10,255 students in fall 2003. Classes are offered on
the 394-acre Carrollton campus and off-campus classes are
available in Newnan at the university's Newnan Center; in Dalton
through the External Degree Program, a collaboration between UWG
and Dalton College; and at Floyd College in Rome through the
Enhancing Access initiative.
UWG offers 113 programs of study through three colleges - the
College of Arts and Sciences, the Richards College of Business,
and the College of Education. Sixty programs are available at
the bachelor's level, 52 at the master's and specialist levels,
and one at the doctoral level.
In addition, the Honors College, the only college of its kind
in Georgia, offers an Honors curriculum and the Advanced Academy
of Georgia, one of fewer than 12 programs in the nation that
allows gifted high school juniors and seniors to live and study
full time at a university while completing high school
graduation requirements in absentia.
The Graduate School has one of the highest percentages of
students enrolled in graduate classes in the University System.
Undergraduates have nationally acclaimed access to research
opportunities, and instruction is enhanced by faculty member
research that is supported by more than $2.2 million in grants.
Students augment their university experience by participating
in more than 90 student organizations, which cover academics,
professional and honor groups, politics, religion, service,
recreation and sports, social fraternities and sororities, and
debate. The athletics program fields men's intercollegiate teams
in football, baseball, basketball, and cross country, and
women's teams in basketball, cross country, softball, and
volleyball - all affiliated with Division II of the NCAA.
Established in 1906 as the Fourth District Agricultural and
Mechanical School, the school became a junior college in 1933
and in 1957 expanded to a four-year institution. West Georgia
added graduate programs in 1967 and became the State University
of West Georgia in 1996. In January 2005, the Board of Regents
allowed UWG to drop the word "State" from the institution's
name.
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