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  • Undergraduate Explore the Demorest campus for the traditional undergraduate student experience.
  • Graduate Advance your career.
  • Athens Flexible degree-completion and graduate programs.
  • Online Convenient, timely, and career-enhancing programs.

Top Private College in Georgia

(James Magazine, 2021)

Education School

(U.S. News & World Report, 2021)

Safest Campus in Georgia

(Niche, 2022)

In Teacher Placements in Georgia

(Gov's Office of Student Achievement, 2021)

Highest ROI in Georgia

(Georgetown University, 2022)

Best Small College in Georgia

(Niche, 2022)

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    Bright Star
    7:30 pm, Swanson Center for Performing Arts & Communications, 365 College Drive, Demorest, GA 30535
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    Bright Star
    7:30 pm, Swanson Center for Performing Arts & Communications, 365 College Drive, Demorest, GA 30535
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Why Piedmont?

A DREAM LOCATION

Our main campus is located in Demorest, Georgia, just minutes from the North Georgia mountains and all the beauty and adventure they offer. At Piedmont, students find a campus community that becomes a second family with plenty of ways to connect and get involved.

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A pathway to success

More than 50 career-enhancing programs to choose from.

MAJORS / ACADEMIC Programs

An education you can afford

Ours is a private school education at a public school price. 97 % of our full-time students receive financial aid.

Financial AID

1900+
Total student enrollment
12:1
Student-Faculty Ratio, Average class size: 13
80+
Programs of Study *undergrad, grad, and degree completion
19
Intercollegiate Sports Teams competing in Division III
97%
Full-time students receive financial aid

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Stories of student success

Piedmont Student Makes Advocating for Disabled Persons His Life's Work
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Michael Mack Everyone knows Michael Mack. He’s the president of the Student Government Association (SGA) following three years in the Senate at Piedmont University. He’s on the cycling team.(…)
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Jasmine Sanchez Overcame Challenges to Earn Nursing Degree
Piedmont University promises students a personalized educational experience, marked by small class sizes and close relationships with their instructors. Jasmine Sanchez is proof of just how(…)
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Murley found a mission helping homeless in Dublin
Bethany Murley ’13 has been in Dublin, Ireland, since October 2019 serving as a volunteer for the Dublin Simon Community. The 50-year-old organization battles homelessness with the attitude,(…)
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Hatfield making her own history in the Nacoochee Valley
As a preteen, Madison Hatfield ’21 wanted to take a “fun family weekend trip” to Andersonville, a tiny Georgia town once home to a prisoner-of-war camp. Thousands of Union soldiers died of(…)
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