Georgia Perimeter College - Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures

• Georgia Perimeter College is the largest two-year college and the third-largest institution in the University System of Georgia, with about 26,996 students enrolled, as of Fall 2011. GPC’s online program is the largest in the state university system, serving over 9,000 students.
• Georgia Perimeter transfers almost 3,000 students annually to bachelor’s degree programs within the University System of Georgia, accounting for one-fifth of transfers within the system. To allow students seamless transfers to four-year institutions of their choice, Georgia Perimeter has pioneered a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) program, signing more than 40 TAG agreements with in-state, out-of-state, public and private four-year colleges and universities.
• More than one-third of Georgia Perimeter College’s faculty members have earned their doctorate; this statistic does not include the numerous part-time instructors. GPC has had more Governor's Teaching Fellows than any other institution in Georgia: 40 since 1996. More than 46 GPC faculty members have received National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Excellence Awards since 2003.
• The Georgia Perimeter College Botanical Gardens include a Native Plant Garden and the Ferns of the World Garden, which contains more species of ferns than any other garden in the nation. Discussions about plants, garden walks and special sales are open to the public.
• Georgia Perimeter College’s Dunwoody Campus is home to an observatory that is available for public use.
• GPC is home to the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra.
• In early 2010, Georgia Perimeter College opened the Atlanta Center for Civic Engagement & Service Learning on its Clarkston Campus. The center works to enhance student learning by providing opportunities for students to apply what they learn into the classroom to real-life situations. Through such activities, they will work to enhance the economic, social and cultural vitality of GPC’s communities, while offering students, faculty, educators and community members the training, tools and support they need to get engaged and make a difference.
• Georgia Perimeter College is home to the Southern Academy for Literary Arts & Scholarly Research, which celebrates literature and scholarship and works to host an assortment of visiting writers who engage students, faculty, and staff.
• Georgia Perimeter College’s Fine Arts program presents plays, art exhibits and musical performances that are open to the public. The 2009–2010 season included more than 100 events.