Clayton State University is a public university in Atlanta, GA and is a selective Senior Unit of the University System of Georgia. The main campus includes 192 acres (0.78 km2) of peaceful wooded grounds, featuring five lakes and a park-like atmosphere. Located in the north-central part of Clayton County in suburban south metro Atlanta, the main campus is a fifteen-minute drive from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and about twenty minutes from downtown Atlanta. Clayton State University has four colleges, an Intensive English Program and a School of Graduate Studies. We have 5 Associateâs, 36 Bachelorâs and 8 Masterâs which also seek accreditations that speak to the high quality of our offerings. We were recently named by College Choice as one of the top ten among the 25 best colleges in Georgia for 2017 and #8 Public Regional Colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report. Furthermore, our College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB); a distinction that only 5% of business colleges worldwide hold. Our MBA program was recently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as #1 for Best Business Schools with the most full-time international students. Clayton State University provides value by balancing cost and high quality of education. We were recently ranked as the Top 5 Best Value in Georgia Higher Education as well. Our tuition for international students is nearly 20% lower than the national average of public four-year universities and over 40% lower than the national average for private four-year universities. Clayton State basketball, soccer, cross-country, tennis, golf, and cheerleading programs are part of the NCAA Division II sports conference. In 2011, the Clayton State womenâs basketball team won the NCAA Division II national championship. In 2015, the Carnegie Foundation acknowledged Clayton State's outreach to Metro Atlanta communities, businesses, and non-profit institutions. For more information, please visit https://www.clayton.edu/admissions!
