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Education

Other major colleges & universities in DeKalb
schools, two 3rd-5th grade upper elementary Location
schools, one middle school, and one high Description
school. Students perform above state and Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur
national averages on standardized tests at all Presbyterian seminary
grade levels. DeVry University Decatur
For-profit career-oriented college
Each year City Schools of Decatur has
Georgia Military College
ranked in the top ten districts in Georgia for Stone Mountain
Public military, liberal arts junior college
SAT performance. Decatur High School has
Interactive College of Technology
been named an AP Challenge and AP Merit Chamblee Private occupational education to associate’s degree
school in Georgia. Over 70% of the system’s Luther Rice College & Seminary
teachers hold advanced degrees, and a Lithonia Private Christian college and seminary
number of them hold multiple certifications. Mercer University Atlanta
The average years of experience among Chamblee Private, undergraduate liberal arts to doctoral-level
teachers across the district is 13 years. Oglethorpe University Brookhaven
Private, liberal arts college
DeKalb County’s Higher Education
Georgia Piedmont Technical College is one career certificate up to an associate degree, and computer science, engineering and nursing, and
of Georgia’s oldest and most respected colleges then may transfer seamlessly to Georgia State graduate programs include writing and digital
in the technical field. The college prides itself University’s downtown Atlanta campus to pursue communication. The campus sits on 100 acres
on preparing its students with the education, a four-year degree and higher. shaded by some of the state’s oldest trees, and
training, and skills needed to enter the workforce Agnes Scott College is a private liberal MARTA stops three blocks from campus. With
and make positive impacts on the community. arts women’s college in Decatur that offers a deep history and an innovative spirit, Agnes
Perimeter College at Georgia State 34 undergraduate majors and 32 minors, as Scott College educates women to think deeply,
University is a gateway to higher education for well as programs in pre-law and pre-medicine. live honorably, and engage the intellectual
DeKalb County residents. Students can earn a Dual-degree programs are available in challenges of their times.

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