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Columbus State University:
Facts & Figures
About Us
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Columbus State University is located in scenic Southwest Georgia’s Columbus, the second largest city in Georgia. Attracting current and future leaders from across the globe, the conveniently located and nationally ranked university features both a traditional main campus and Uptown campus, RiverPark, in historic Columbus. With an emphasis on thought-provoking and creative teaching and research; lifelong learning; global and cultural enrichment; and public-private partnerships, CSU is a first-choice option in higher education.
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A First-Choice Institution
Excellence, engagement, creativity, sustainability, inclusion and servant leadership serve as CSU’s core values to achieve student success. Staying focused on these six university cornerstones, CSU has made great strides to become a first-choice institution of challenging programs, engaging faculty and a vibrant, globally connected campus culture. Led by the university’s fifth president, Chris Markwood, CSU continues to strengthen its community partnerships to create opportunities for students to become change agents home and abroad. Since Columbus is also named the nation’s first “Servant Leadership City,” CSU’s Servant Leadership Program is the model for universities across the nation to apply leadership skills inside and outside the classroom.
Did you know? Columbus State became the recipient of the 2015 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This distinction recognizes higher education institutions whose community service efforts achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.
By The Numbers
• 1958: The year Columbus State University was established
• 16: The CNN list of “16 intriguing things to see and do in the U.S. in 2016” that included the university’s 7-acre, visionary art site Pasaquan in Buena Vista
Homeland Security designated CSU a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.
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• 5: CSU is among five Georgia universities chosen to offer the South’s first Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship, a national initiative to boost teaching numbers in science, technology, engineering and math — known as STEM fields
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• 100: The Military Spouse Magazine list that designated CSU a “Top 100 Military Spouse Friendly School” during 2016
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• 8,400+: The number of diverse undergraduate and graduate students enrolled
Community Impact
• $105 million: The goal of the university’s private fundraising campaign. More than $90 million has been raised to date • $60 million: The amount spent in the past few years on renovations, construction and other major campus upgrades • $21.5 million: The estimated annual economic impact of the university’s RiverPark campus • $5 million: The amount TSYS gifted CSU to establish a cybersecurity center, endowment and other university programs • 1 million+: The square footage CSU owns and operates in Uptown Columbus • 90,000: The square footage of the university’s new Center for Education and Nursing located in Uptown • 1,100: The number of CSU students per day in Uptown Columbus • 450: The number of students living on the CSU RiverPark campus
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• 1,800: The number of students, faculty and staff coming to the new CSU Center for Education and Nursing at RiverPark
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• $263.5 million: The university’s local economic impact during the 2015 fiscal year
• 250: The number of community performances and art exhibitions the College of the Arts hosts annually • 1: Through its Leadership Institute, CSU is the first university in the nation to become RightPath Certified — offering effective leadership tools used by the nation’s top Fortune 500 companies
Did you know? CSU’s Uptown campus, RiverPark, features engaging exploration opportunities — from the university’s Coca-Cola Space Science Center to the fast-growing, award-winning Schwob School of Music. Along the banks of the Chattahoochee River, RiverPark also neighbors the world’s longest urban whitewater course, a zip line to Alabama and roughly 44 retail stores and 29 restaurants in Uptown.
CSU’s new downtown home for education and nursing.
Rankings
• 7th: Affordable Colleges Online ranked CSU’s online MBA program as one of the nation’s top during the 2016-2017 academic year
Did you know? During the 2015-2016 academic year, Cougar Athletics garnered both the esteemed Peach Belt Conference Commissioner’s Cup and the Peach Belt Conference Presidents’ Academic Award for best overall conference standings and excellence in academics, respectively.
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• 1: Affordable Colleges Online ranked CSU No. 1 in Best Online Communications Degree during the 2015-16 academic year
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• 2: The number of times the university’s Online Master’s Degree in Computer Science in Georgia ranked No. 1 consecutively by GoGrad.org
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• 12th: CEO Magazine Global Online MBA ranked the Georgia WebMBA program, which is offered at CSU, 12th in the world and fifth in the nation during 2016
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• 50: U.S. News & World Report ranked CSU among the top 50 best public regional universities in the South from its 2017 Best Colleges rankings
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