Georgia Perimeter College is a two-year Associate degree granting unit of the University System of Georgia. GPC has multiple campus locations on the north and east side of Atlanta.

The instutution was founded by the Dekalb County Board of Education as Dekalb College in 1958 and offered its first classes in Clarkston, Georgia in 1964. It was renamed in 1997 to indicate that it no longer served only Dekalb County.

Facts and Figures

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Georgia Perimeter College is the largest two-year college and the third largest institution in the University System of Georgia. Its Spring 2004 enrollment was 20,266.

Locations

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The original campus (also formerly known as the "central" campus) is located in Clarkston, Georgia. Branch campuses are located in Decatur, Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Lawrenceville, and Conyers. Ground was recently broken for a new campus in Covington, which is scheduled to open in January 2007.

In addition, distance learning courses via the Internet and videotaped courseware are also available.

The Lawrenceville campus at the Gwinnett University Center is expected to close in 2007 when the Center becomes Georgia Gwinnett College.

Famous People Who Attended DeKalb/Georgia Perimeter

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• Canibus aka Germaine Williams
• Marlon Byrd
• Mark David Chapman
• Rozonda Thomas

Points of interest

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• Georgia Perimeter College Botanical Garden

External links

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• Official Georgia Perimeter College website
• Dekalb Briefs: College breaks ground for Covington campus

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