Macon State College

Macon State College, formerly Macon College and Macon Junior College, is a four-year, residential, baccalaureate degree institution of the University System of Georgia located in Macon, Georgia. It has a satellite campus in Warner Robins, Georgia, as well as the Robins Resident Center, located on Robins Air Force Base.

The college offers 33 programs of study in 18 bachelor's degree programs -- biology, business & information technology, communications & information technology, early childhood education, middle grades education, English, health information management, health services administration, history, information technology, interdisciplinary studies (B.A. and B.S.), mathematics, nursing, RN-to-BSN, psychology, public service and respiratory therapy. Associate degrees also are offered.

Macon State has become the largest college in Central Georgia. In the fall of 2011, Macon State had 5,702 students.

Residence Life programs began for the first time in the fall 2010 semester when the college started offering housing and expanded student life activities. The college took over operation of a 300+ unit apartment complex adjacent to the Macon campus and renamed the complex College Station. The apartments are student-only units with resident advisers and security on site.

Macon State's main campus is located on more than 400 acres (1.6 km2) on College Station Drive, along Eisenhower Parkway (US 80), in western Bibb County, Georgia. The Warner Robins campus, with three administrative and academic buildings, is located on 79 acres (320,000 m2) Watson Boulevard, just a half-mile from the main gate of Robins Air Force Base. The Robins Resident Center is located in one of the many office buildings located on the Air Force base.

The school will be merged with Middle Georgia College by Fall, 2013, to form Middle Georgia State College.

Read more about Macon State College:  Presidents, History, Schools Within The College, Student Life, Naming of New Mascot, Points of Interest

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