Original sentence: Suburban Atlanta contains several colleges, including Emory University, an internationally prominent liberal arts and research institution that has been consistently ranked as one of the top 20 schools in the United States by US News and World Report; Oglethorpe University, named for the founder of Georgia; Agnes Scott College, a women's college; and several state-run institutions such as Clayton State University,  Georgia Perimeter College, Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University, and the University of West Georgia
Edited sentence: Suburban Atlanta contains several colleges, including the prestigious Emory University, an internationally prominent liberal arts and research institution that has been consistently ranked as one of the top 20 schools in the United States by US News and World Report; Oglethorpe University, named for the founder of Georgia; Agnes Scott College, a women's college; and several state-run institutions such as Clayton State University,  Georgia Perimeter College, Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University, and the University of West Georgia