University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia

University of West Georgia Carrollton, Georgia

The University of West Georgia in Carrollton began in 1906 as the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School. It was West Georgia College from 1933 to 1996 and the State University of West Georgia from 1996 to 2005. It is one of four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia, with a satellite campus in Newnan, classes at the Douglasville Center and museum studies classes at the Atlanta History Center. Wikipedia reports 16,072 students in fall 2025, with 10,075 undergraduates and 5,997 graduate students. Its psychology programme has a humanistic and transpersonal focus, a rarity among public universities, and has offered a Ph.D. since fall 2011. Colleges include Richards business, Tanner nursing, education, arts and sciences, and communication, film and media, plus an Honors College. The Wolves play NCAA Division I in the ASUN, with football in the United Athletic Conference.

Key facts

• Founded: 1906
• Location: Carrollton, Georgia
• Type: Public university, University System of Georgia
• Enrollment: ~16,072 (fall 2025)
• Known for: Humanistic and transpersonal psychology; NCAA Division I Wolves