Middle Georgia College is a publicly supported two-year charter unit of the University System of Georgia, in the town Cochran in the U.S. state of Georgia. The college provides high quality postsecondary education and support services to prepare its graduates for life-long learning, responsible citizenship, and leadership in their chosen careers.
As of 2004, Middle Georgia College has about 2,000 students.
The college was established in 1884 by the New Ebenezer Baptist
The college's first building was constructed during 1885 and 1886, and instruction began in January 1887 with an enrollment of approximately 100 students, most of whom were from the middleGeorgia area.
Such a school for the Twelfth Congressional District was authorized in August 1917 as a branch of the Georgia State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts, a department of the University of Georgia.
MiddleGeorgiaCollege is a two-year, residential college located almost exactly at the center of the state of Georgia.
MiddleGeorgiaCollege is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association in the sports of basketball, baseball, softball and tennis and holds four national titles in baseball.
MiddleGeorgiaCollege was founded in 1884 as the College of the New Ebenezer Association, a group of primarily Baptist churches in Pulaski, Dodge, Laurens, and Telfair counties.