Clayton State University | KNOWAtlanta magazine

Clayton State Provides Career-Oriented Liberal Arts Education

Locations: Morrow, Jonesboro, Peachtree City, McDonough, Conyers

Tuition: $1,549 per semester (undergraduate in-state students)

Admission Requirements: The Admissions Committee is looking for students who have consistently earned strong grades in challenging high school courses (advanced, honors, AP, college prep) satisfied the 16 CPC requirements with a Freshman Index of 2,300 (minimum of a 430 critical reading and 400 math on the SAT or minimums of 17 English and 17 Math on the ACT).

Contact Information: www.clayton.edu

Clayton State University opened in 1969 as Clayton Junior College. The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia elevated the institution to baccalaureate status (as Clayton State College) in 1986, to university status (as Clayton College & State University) in 1996 and approved the present name on May 18, 2005.

Clayton State now enrolls 6,600 students in undergraduate and graduate degree credit programs that provide career-oriented education with a solid liberal arts foundation.

Clayton State’s mission commits it to developing an understanding of advanced applications of modern technology. To that end, in January 1998 Clayton State became the third public university in the nation to issue notebook computers to all students at all levels in all majors. This “Information Technology Project” (ITP) transformed the campus and made Clayton State a national pioneer in “ubiquitous computing.” Starting fall 2001, the University entered a new phase called “ITP-Choice,” which maintains the requirement for ubiquitous mobile computing, while having students purchase, rent or share notebook computers rather than having the institution supply them.

The James M. Baker University Center, Clayton State’s signature building, was completed in August 2004 and named in honor of Clayton State alumnus James M. “Jim” Baker, and provides the University with a true “Center” for student life. The building contains a food service area, a help desk for servicing notebook computers, state-of-the-art visual technology classrooms, offices and enhanced learning facilities including wireless capabilities and more than 2,000 data drops.

In a six week period between August and October 2008, the University dedicated three new buildings; the University’s first student housing, the Student Activities Center and a new building for the AACSB-accredited School of Business.

Clayton State University is an NCAA Division II member, competing in one of the top conferences in the nation at that level—the Peach Belt Conference.

Degree Programs:
Baccalaureate Degree Majors
Accounting
Administrative Management
Biology
Biology Secondary Teacher Education
Business
Communication and Media Studies
Computer Science
Criminal Justice
Dental Hygiene
English
English Secondary Teacher Education
Health Care Management
Health and Fitness Management
History
History Secondary Teacher Education
Information Technology
Integrative Studies
Legal Studies
Liberal Studies
Management
Marketing
Mathematics
Middle Level Education
Music
Nursing
Political Science
Psychology and Human Services
Sociology
Technology Management
Theatre

Graduate Degrees
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Master of Arts in Teaching English
Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics
Master of Business Administration
Master of Health Administration
Master of Science in Nursing
Master of Archival Studies