In addition to master's degrees, Georgia State offers 18 specialist in education majors and 44 doctoral concentrations. Georgia State draws students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. With a minority enrollment of 30 percent and more than 1,400 international students, it is also the most diverse university in Georgia. The campus spans 28 acres of downtown Atlanta property, including the historic Fairlie-Poplar neighborhood. The city serves as a living laboratory for student and faculty research, learning and community outreach.
Satellite campuses make the university's programs accessible to Atlanta's suburban residents.
Olympic Village residence halls now provide appealing and affordable housing for Georgia State students. National research attention is garnered for the institution through the Policy Research Center, the Language Research Center and the Economic Forecasting Center. Extracurricular activities include intercollegiate and intramural sports and fitness classes, academic organizations, fraternities and sororities, honor societies, literary, political, environmental and multicultural groups, professional and religious clubs, ROTC and student media. Georgia State began in 1913 as an evening school for Georgia Tech. After two other name changes, the Board of Regents named it Georgia State University in 1969.