Gordon College
Degrees Offered
Bachelor's
Description
As a two-year residential college, Gordon offers students a small, close-knit campus, ensuring a high degree of personal attention from instructors.
Gordon College is a rural, two-year residential college located on 125 beautiful, tree-lined acres in the quiet middle Georgia town of Barnesville. The peaceful campus consistently has been recognized for its safety. From its founding as a seminary for men and women in 1852, Gordon College has grown in response to the educational needs of its community.
Some 3,000 students are enrolled at Gordon College, the majority of them from Georgia. The small, close knit campus ensures that students receive a high-degree of personal attention from instructors. Some 600 students live in on-campus housing, and the majority of other students commute from the south metro Atlanta counties of Fayette, Henry, Clayton, and Spalding.
Gordon College fulfills its two-year college mission through some 39 associate degrees in the liberal arts and humanities, agriculture, business, sciences, and the allied health fields. Students who graduate with an associate's degree may transfer to any of the four-year colleges and universities in the University System. Students also may enroll in cooperative degree programs in cooperation with local technical schools or enroll in one of several one-year certificate programs. The college offers a highly regarded program in nursing, and students may enroll for the two-year associate degree in nursing or earn a bachelor's degree offered in cooperation with the Medical College of Georgia.