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EDUCATION

St. Luke School , a ministry of St. Luke than 100 areas of study. Students may months, students gain the skills needed to
United Methodist Church, is an independent transfer courses and even entire degrees succeed in the job market.
Christian school that serves children from to many four-year colleges. The College Troy University Phenix City’s Riverfront
junior kindergarten-8th grade and offers also provides industry training and Campus houses the business, nursing,
challenging academics, fine arts, competitive workforce education. and social work programs, along with the
athletics, and servant leadership development. Georgia Military College – Columbus Center for Water Resource Economics. The
opened in 1996. Students take classes on campus, located off U.S. 431, is home to the
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING campus or online and may earn Associate of University’s education and arts and
Chattahoochee Valley Community Art or Science degrees or Bachelor of Applied sciences programs.
College (CVCC) offers accessible, quality, and Science degrees. GMC offers small class sizes, University of Phoenix is innovating to
free tutoring, and eight-week terms. GMC has help working adults move efficiently from
engaging educational opportunities through
articulation agreements with more than 40 education to careers in a rapidly changing
academic transfer, career and technical
colleges and universities. GMC also has an office world. Flexible schedules, relevant courses,
education, workforce development and
at the Soldier of Life Center at Fort Benning. and interactive learning help students more
adult education. A member of the Alabama
Mercer University School of Medicine effectively pursue career aspirations while
Community College System, CVCC is a public,
established a clinical campus in Columbus balancing their busy lives. University of
comprehensive, community college serving
in 2012, with both Piedmont Columbus Phoenix offers associate, bachelor’s, master’s
a diverse population through traditional
Regional Midtown Medical Center and and doctoral degree programs.
classroom and distance-learning formats.
St. Francis Hospital serving as the clinical The University of Oklahoma Extended
Columbus State University offers
partners in the students’ education. The Campus on Fort Benning offers a Master
nationally distinctive programs in the arts,
School has graduated four classes of of Human Relations (HR) program and
education, business, nursing and more. CSU
students and recently welcomed the sixth many 100% online programs. Focusing
is part of the University System of Georgia,
class to the Columbus campus. Mercer on the higher education needs of place-
enrolling more than 8,200 students in a wide University is committed to expanding the
variety of degree programs. Currently, the Columbus campus of the School of Medicine bound working adults, military-connected
university offers 46 undergraduate and 42 to a four-year curriculum by the fall of 2021. personnel, and those seeking specialized
graduate degrees. Miller-Motte Technical College provides study in selected professional areas,
OU offers a variety of graduate and
Columbus Technical College is a two- the knowledge and hands-on training undergraduate degrees.
year, regionally-accredited public college employers are looking for, including
that consistently boasts a job placement rate certificate and degree programs in fields CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY LIBRARIES
of 100 percent, nearly 90 percent in-field. such as healthcare, business, and short-term
Columbus Tech offers associate degrees, career training programs including ICD-10 The Chattahoochee Valley Libraries
serve 250,000 people across four counties
diplomas, and technical certificates in more and Microsoft Office. In as little as nine to 24
– Chattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee
Columbus State University and Stewart. The library system’s seven
branches are owned and operated by
the Muscogee County School System. In
addition to traditional services, the libraries
provide access to computers and Internet,
bookmobiles, meeting rooms, computer labs
and study areas, classes and activities, and
many other services.
Completed in 2005, the Columbus
Public Library is one of the “10 Most
Beautiful Libraries in Georgia” according
to the Georgia Public Library Service. It’s

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