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By Sheron Smith

MGA’s Cochran Campus is
flourishing with enhanced
student life and a growing
number of academic programs

A Place

to Thrive

At first, it was the picturesque campus of a
north Georgia college that most caught
Amani Baker’s attention as she considered
her post-high-school education choices.
But the liberal arts school didn’t offer the air
traffic management major Baker eventually settled
on, so she scheduled a visit to Middle Georgia
State University’s Cochran Campus, where she
would take her core classes before moving on to
the School of Aviation on the Eastman Campus.
“The Cochran Campus actually reminded me
a little” of the other college, said Baker, a 19-year-
old freshman from Covington. “It’s pretty, and it’s
small enough that you can get to know people. It
was a good fit, so here I am.”
Of Middle Georgia State’s five campuses,
the Cochran Campus offers the most traditional
collegiate atmosphere with its stately magnolia
and oak trees, historic buildings, central quad,
and small-town setting. The campus dates to
1884 and went through several name changes
before becoming Middle Georgia College in 1929.
Middle Georgia College was primarily a two-
year school offering associate’s degrees until the
University System of Georgia consolidated it with
Macon State College in 2013.

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