University System of Georgia

University System of Georgia

Abbreviation	USG
Formation	1931
Purpose	educational oversight
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Membership	26 public colleges and universities, with a combined endowment of approx. $4.5 billion
Chancellor	Sonny Perdue[1]
Students	344,392[2]
Website	www.usg.edu

UGA

GT

Augusta University

Georgia State

Georgia Southern

Kennesaw State

West Georgia

Valdosta State

Albany State

Clayton State

Columbus State

Fort Valley State

Georgia College

Georgia Southwestern State

Middle Georgia State

Savannah State

North Georgia

Abraham Baldwin

AMSC

Coastal Georgia

Dalton State

East Georgia State

Georgia Gwinnett

Georgia Highlands

Gordon State

South Georgia State

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University System of Georgia Locations.
Black: Research Universities; Red: Regional Comprehensive Universities; Yellow: State Universities; Green: State Colleges.

The University System of Georgia (USG) is the government agency that includes 26 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. The system is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. It sets goals and dictates general policy to educational institutions as well as administering the Public Library Service of the state which includes 58 public library systems. The USG also dispenses public funds (allocated by the state's legislature) to the institutions but not the lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship. The USG is the sixth largest university system in the United States by total student enrollment, with 344,392 students in 26 public institutions as of 2023.^[2] USG institutions are divided into four categories: research universities, regional comprehensive universities, state universities, and state colleges.

The system designates four institutions as "research universities": Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, Augusta University, and Georgia State University.^{[note 1][3][4]} The University of Georgia is the state and system's flagship university, the state's oldest institution of higher learning, and one of the state's two land-grant universities.^[5][6] After its 2016 merger with Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia State University became the largest institution of higher learning in the USG, with over 50,000 students. University of North Georgia is the state's designated military school. There are three historically black schools housed within the USG: Savannah State University, Albany State University, and the state's second land-grant university, Fort Valley State University.

In 2012, all USG institutions combined had a $14.1 billion economic impact on the state of Georgia. Georgia Tech in Atlanta and University of Georgia in nearby Athens had the largest impacts on their regional economies: $2.6 billion and 20,869 jobs at Georgia Tech and $2.2 billion and 22,196 jobs at the University of Georgia. Georgia State University's central campus in Atlanta had a $1.6 billion economic impact with 13,736 jobs; given its merger with Perimeter College, with an economic impact of $600 million, Georgia State's overall economic impact on the Atlanta metro area is $2.2 billion.^[7][8]

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