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Education
                  Higher Education                                      LIBRARIES

         CGTC Warner Robins campus
         80 Cohen Walker Dr.                     Houston County Public Library System             Centerville
         Warner Robins, GA 31088                   With three public libraries in the area and such a strong   Public Library
         478-988-6800, www.centralgatech.edu    community focus on education, residents in the Robins Region   206 Gunn Rd.
                                                                                                 Centerville, GA 31028
             Embry-Riddle                       have the knowledge of the world at their fingertips. The   478-953-4500
          Aeronautical University               Houston County Public Library System belongs to the PINES       Nola Brantley
                                                network, Georgia’s Public Information Network for Electronic   Memorial Library
           Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is                                               721 Watson Blvd.
                                                Services, which gives members access to a collection of close to
         known for more than just world-class aviation                                           Warner Robins, GA 31093
                                                10 million books. Other services include downloadable ebooks   478-923-0128
         and aerospace, with its Worldwide Robins
                                                and audiobooks, children’s programs, meeting rooms, access       Perry Branch
         Campus also offering associate, bachelor’s,
                                                to databases for learning new languages, law forms, genealogy   1201 Washington St.
         and master’s degree programs in business,                                               Perry, GA 31069
                                                research, and so much more. For the latest updates on library
         engineering, and emergency services.                                                    478-987-3050
                                                services, check out the website - www.houpl.org
         Students may also complete certificate
         programs in safety, management, logistics,     Robins Air Force Base Library
         and supply chain management.              Robins Air Force Base offers its own library with a collection   620 Ninth St.
                                                                                                 Robins Air Force Base,
           Embry-Riddle is an independent, nonprofit,   of more than 5,000 books, audible materials and videos, and a   GA 31098
         culturally diverse institution educating almost   computer lab.                         478-327-8761
                                                                                                 www.robinsfss.com
         30,000 students at two residential campuses,
         in more than 130 campuses around the
         world, and online – the university’s online
                                             students from all over the world. Even as it   Free tutoring, one-on-one advising, and
         undergraduate degree programs have been
                                             boasts a diverse student body, the university   financial aid are available. GMC-Warner
         ranked number one in the nation for the past
                                             was ranked the number one public HBCU in   Robins has small class sizes and a convenient
         two years by U.S. News & World Report.
                                             Georgia by U.S. News and World Report (2018),   schedule of day, night, weekend, and online
         350 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.    was named the most affordable online school  classes. GMC-Warner Robins has two locations
         Bldg. 380, Room 206
         Robins AFB, GA 31098                in the nation for student economic mobility   including one in the Residence Center
         478-926-1727, www.embryriddle.edu   by SR Education Group (2017), and was   (Building 905) on Robins Air Force Base.
                                             ranked as one of the top ten “best value HBCU   801 Duke Ave.
            Fort Valley State University     graduate schools” by bestvaueschools.com.   Warner Robins, GA 31093
           Leveraging its role as Georgia’s only     Main Campus                 478-225-0005
         1890 land-grant institution, Fort Valley   1005 State University Dr.    478-327-7375 - Robins AFB office
                                                                                 www.gmc.edu
         State University conducts more science,   Fort Valley, GA 31030
         technology, engineering, and math federal   478-825-6211, www.fvsu.edu      Middle Georgia State
         research than any other public teaching     Warner Robins Center         University
         college in the state. The university has   151 Osigian Blvd., Ste. A
         produced more African Americans with   Warner Robins, GA 31088            Middle Georgia State (MGA), a regionally
                                              478-953-0580                       focused university serving 7,800 students, is
         mathematics degrees than any other college
         in the nation in two of the past four years, and       Georgia Military College    one of the state’s best values in public higher
         ranks in the Georgia top ten in the production    - Warner Robins       education; a student can earn a bachelor’s
         of African Americans with bachelor’s degrees   Since 1989, the Warner Robins campus of   degree for about $20,000, or $2,500 in tuition
         in engineering technology, computer and   Georgia Military College has been providing   and fees per semester. MGA offers graduate
         information systems, psychology, history,   a quality college education to residents of   and undergraduate programs leading to
         mathematics, agriculture, and family and   Houston and surrounding counties. GMC-  in-demand careers in IT, nursing, education,
         consumer sciences. FVSU is home to the only   Warner Robins is SACS-accredited, offering   aviation, business, new media, public service,
         four-year veterinary tech program in Georgia.   Associate and Bachelor of Applied Science   rehabilitation science, sports management,
           The university’s traditional and online   degrees in a variety of majors. GMC is an   and more. The University’s graduate programs
         degree programs enroll almost 3,000   open admission institution. Tuition remains   include fully online master’s degree programs
         bachelor’s, master’s, and specialist degree   affordable and includes the use of textbooks.   in information technology and management,

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