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Cartoon from 1922 showing several colleges and universities in the metropolitan area Atlanta, Georgia is home to the largest concentration of colleges and universities in the Southern United States. This is a list of colleges and universities in the city of Atlanta and Metro Atlanta. City of Atlanta Universities and graduate institutions Spelman College Morehouse College Atlanta Metropolitan ...
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. [ 18] Its main campus is in Druid Hills, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Downtown Atlanta.
The Atlanta University Center Consortium ( AUC Consortium) is a collaboration between four historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in southwest Atlanta, Georgia: Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the Morehouse School of Medicine. It is the oldest and largest contiguous consortium of African-American ...
Georgia State University: Atlanta: Research university: 110 acres (0.45 km 2) Alpharetta, Clarkston, Decatur, Dunwoody, Newton County Georgia Southern University: Statesboro: Comprehensive university [4] 920 acres (3.7 km 2) Savannah, Hinesville Kennesaw State University: Kennesaw: Comprehensive university 384 acres (1.55 km 2) Marietta ...
In 1955, it was renamed the Georgia State College of Business Administration. In 1998, the college was renamed the J. Mack Robinson College of Business in honor of J. Mack Robinson, an Atlanta entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist who gave the college a $10 million endowment. Academic units and research centers
Center Parc Stadium. / 33.73528°N 84.38944°W / 33.73528; -84.38944. Center Parc Stadium (also commonly referred to as Georgia State University or GSU Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which ...
Rhodes Furniture had grown to 70 stores by 1990. [6] When bought by Heilig-Meyers in 1996, Rhodes was the fourth-largest furniture retailer in the United States with $430 million in revenue. Heilig-Meyers made the Rhodes stores more upscale, but the plan backfired and customers deserted the stores. Heilig-Meyers sold Rhodes in 1999.
200 Peachtree. / 33.75889°N 84.38806°W / 33.75889; -84.38806. 200 Peachtree is a mixed-use retail center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia designed by Philip T. Shutze and Starrett & van Vleck. Built in 1927 as the flagship department store for Davison's, the last department store in the building closed in 2003.