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Campus Consolidations

Macon State College and Middle Georgia College

Print friendly Modified January 11, 2012

Profiles

Macon State College

  • Established 1965
  • Fall 2011 Enrollment: 5,702
  • 60% enrollment from Houston and Bibb
  • First-Year Retention: 53.2%
  • Three-Year Graduation: 3.2%
  • FY11 Degrees Conferred: 846
  • Includes Warner Robins campus
  • Total FY12 Budget: $56M

Middle Georgia College

  • Established 1884
  • Fall 2011 Enrollment: 3,424
  • 38.2% enrollment from Laurens, Dodge, and Bleckley
  • First-Year Retention: 53.1%
  • Three-Year Graduation: 9.5%
  • FY11 Degrees Conferred: 502
  • Includes Dublin Center and Eastman campus
  • Total FY12 Budget: $35.8M

Opportunities & Challenges

Opportunities

  • Creates an institution of nearly 10,000 students with five campuses that provides a strategic, comprehensive approach to meeting the higher education needs of middle Georgia students.
  • Creates opportunity for a seamless pipeline for student transfer. Macon currently is the second most popular transfer destination for Middle Georgia students.
  • Provides greater access to workforce-oriented baccalaureate degrees to meet regional needs, e.g., health informatics, nursing.
  • Aligns Middle Georgia’s aviation mission with Macon State’s strong military partnership, to meet the region’s economic development needs.
  • Recognizes and meets the need for a coordinated approach to public higher education in Macon and the middle Georgia region.
  • Increases opportunities to hire for specialized needs. Through economies of scale, there is the capacity for needed higher education enterprise professionals with appropriate expertise and experience levels.

Challenges

  • Effectively balancing existing baccalaureate programs.
  • Achieving efficiencies from five de-centralized locations will present operational challenges.