About Middle Georgia State College

Middle Georgia State University is a public university circles with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. It is allocation of the University System of Georgia and offers master’s, bachelor’s and member degrees, as well as some certificates, to students on five campuses in Middle Georgia and online.

The institution, originally known as Middle Georgia State College, was founded in 2013 through the join up of Middle Georgia College and Macon State College. Through these legacy institutions, Middle Georgia State University traces its records to 1884. In 2015, the institution adopted its current pronounce to reflect its height above sea level to state the academy status.

Macon (/ˈmeɪkən/), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Macon lies near the state’s geographic center, about 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta—hence the city’s nickname, “The Heart of Georgia”.

Located close the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, Macon had a 2019 estimated population of 153,159. It is the principal city of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 228,914 in 2017. Macon is moreover the largest city in the Macon–Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a larger trading area with an estimated 420,693 residents in 2017; the CSA abuts the Atlanta metropolitan Place just to the north.

In a 2012 referendum, voters endorsed the consolidation of the governments of the City of Macon and Bibb County, and Macon became Georgia’s fourth-largest city (just after Columbus). The two governments officially merged on January 1, 2014.

Macon is served by three interstate highways: I-16 (connecting the city to Savannah and coastal Georgia), I-75 (connecting the city similar to Atlanta to the north and Valdosta to the south), and I-475 (a city bypass highway).

The city has several institutions of complex education, as well as numerous museums and tourism sites. The area is served by Middle Georgia Regional Airport and Herbert Bright Downtown Airport. The mayor is Lester Miller.