Founded in 1958, Columbus State University is a public university in Columbus, Georgia, United States, part of the University System of Georgia, with a 132-acre main campus and a downtown RiverPark Arts Campus; as of fall 2023, it has approximately 7,600 students (6,000+ undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students +), offering more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs in the colleges of arts, business, education, health, computer science, and music, with music and theatre programs renowned throughout the South. The school is known for its small class sizes (student-to-faculty ratio of approximately 17:1), its emphasis on hands-on learning, community involvement, and online education, and its athletic program, the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference “Cougars”.
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