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Type | State college |
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Established | 1970 |
President | Dr. Stuart Rayfield, Interim President |
Students | 4000 |
Location |
Bainbridge, Georgia, USA 30°53′57″N 84°32′04″W / 30.8992°N 84.5345°WCoordinates: 30°53′57″N 84°32′04″W / 30.8992°N 84.5345°W |
Colors | Green and white |
Website | bainbridge.edu |
Bainbridge State College is a four-year state college of the University System of Georgia in Bainbridge, Georgia. For more than 30 years, Bainbridge State College has provided higher education to the residents of southwest Georgia. The college is among the fastest growing in the state, enjoying a 52 percent increase in enrollment since Fall 2001.
The college’s campus is located on 173 acres (0.70 km2) of land just inside the Bainbridge city limits on U.S. Highway 84 East. The college is a community institution with no on-campus residence facilities.
A separate campus in Blakely, Georgia is Bainbridge College Early County (which was built in 1999 as Albany Technical College. The Early County Satellite Center was bought by Bainbridge College in 2006). There is also a campus in Donalsonville, Georgia that opened for Summer semester, 2016.
Students commute from the nearby towns of Attapulgus, Blakely, Brinson, Cairo, Camilla, Climax, Colquitt, Donalsonville, Iron City, Pelham, Thomasville, and Whigham. With the inclusion of Gadsden County to the college's service area, students from neighboring Florida communities also attend as in-state students.