Demorest, GA – The latest U.S. News and World Report study of colleges and universities shows Piedmont College again near the head of the class among Georgia’s regional universities.
Of the 128 regional universities reviewed in 12 Southern states, Piedmont moved up 17 spaces to take the 53rd spot in a tie with the University of North Georgia. Only two regional universities in Georgia-Mercer (#8) and Georgia College (#28)-were ranked higher.
U.S. News evaluates colleges based on a variety of categories, including tuition, class size, selectivity, and other factors. The magazine also groups colleges by the types of degrees offered. Regional universities, including Piedmont, offer undergraduate and graduate programs, including doctoral degrees.
“This has been an exciting start to the new school year,” said Piedmont President James F. Mellichamp. “We’ve added several new academic programs, opened a new Student Commons, and expanded our residential facilities by almost 30 percent at the Demorest campus. This recognition from U.S. News comes after our recent selection as a national College of Distinction and as a host school for Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation scholars,” he said.
Piedmont is one of five Georgia colleges and universities selected by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in Princeton, N.J., to create graduate programs for students with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields who wish to become middle and high school teachers in high-need schools.
“As Piedmont continues to grow, it is building a reputation as one of the prominent higher education institutions in Georgia and the South,” Mellichamp said.
Founded in 1897, Piedmont College is an independent liberal arts college of about 2,200 students with campuses located in Demorest and Athens, Georgia. Piedmont offers undergraduate degrees in more than 50 major areas, master’s degrees in education, business, and nursing; and doctoral degrees in education.
