Enrollment
• With more than 5,000 students, North Georgia continues its steady growth and outstanding service to the State of Georgia. North Georgia's fall 2008 enrollment was 5.2 percent more than the previous year.
• North Georgia's Corps of Cadets is comprised of nearly 700 students and represents about 13 percent of the university's enrollment.
Academics
• North Georgia's incoming freshmen have among the highest average SAT scores of all institutions in the University System of Georgia.
• North Georgia consistently maintains one of the highest graduation rates in the University System of Georgia.
• In America's Best Colleges 2008, U.S.News & World Report ranks North Georgia College & State University as No. 20 in the South among public universities offering undergraduate and master's programs and as No. 50 among both private and public universities in the South.
• North Georgia is the new Southeast region's site for the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators national testing certification, and is one of the only two higher education institutions nationwide to administer the specialized MDI certification.
Campus & Community
• North Georgia is located in historic Dahlonega, Georgia, site of the first U.S. gold rush (1828), about one hour north of Atlanta, yet nestled in the beautiful north Georgia mountains.
• North Georgia's main campus covers 112 acres with more than 50 buildings. An additional 610 acres in adjacent or nearby parks and forest are also owned by the university.
• Price Memorial Hall, whose majestic steeple is covered with Dahlonega gold, is a nationally registered historic site that was once a U.S. Mint.
• North Georgia's economic impact on Lumpkin and the five surrounding counties was $145.7 million and 1,443 jobs during Fiscal Year 2007.
Leadership
• Specializing in leadership training and producing leaders since its inception, the university is designated by the Board of Regents as a Leadership Institution of Georgia for civilian and military students.
• All North Georgia students take a Foundations of Leadership course and the university offers a leadership minor as part of its academic programs.
Military Distinction
• North Georgia College & State University is one of only six senior military colleges in the United States, and is designated by the state legislature as The Military College of Georgia. (The other senior military colleges are The Citadel, Norwich University, Texas A&M, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia Tech.)
• The Corps of Cadets numbers approximately 700 and comprises 13 percent of the student body in 2008-09.
• North Georgia's alumni include 36 generals and admirals who have helped lead our nation's military.
• North Georgia College's first class of students, in 1873, requested that military training be a part of the curriculum.
Athletics
• North Georgia is a member of the NCAA-Division II Peach Belt Conference.
• Sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, and track and field.
History
• Following the Civil War, the abandoned U. S. Mint property in Dahlonega was given to the State of Georgia for educational purposes, thus giving birth to what is now North Georgia College & State University.
• Founded in 1873, North Georgia College & State University is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state.
• Originally named North Georgia Agricultural College, the institution was established as a land-grant school of agriculture and mechanical arts, particularly mining engineering. As area gold mining resources were depleted and agricultural education was assumed by the University of Georgia, the mission of North Georgia College evolved into one emphasizing arts and sciences.
• North Georgia has the distinction of being the first co-educational college in the state and the first public college in Georgia to admit women, in 1873, and the first to graduate a woman, in 1878.
• The school was renamed North Georgia College in the summer of 1929. The college gained university status in 1996 and was renamed North Georgia College & State University.
