Piedmont College

Piedmont College is a private college in Demorest and Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1897, Piedmont's Demorest campus includes 300 acres in a traditional residential-college setting located in the foothills of the northeast Georgia Blue Ridge mountains. The campus includes ten dormitories housing more than 600 students. Academic and athletic facilities are all state-of-the-art. Approximately 50 miles to the south, Piedmont's Athens campus is located in the heart of Georgia's Classic City. The Athens campus provides a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs designed for commuting students.

Piedmont is known for providing individual attention and one-on-one instruction from professors whose first commitment is teaching. Average class size is 12, and the student-faculty ratio is 10:1. Most professors hold a doctorate or terminal degree in their field. Piedmont is accredited by the following boards: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS); National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission(NLNAC); and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

In addition to clubs and service organizations, Piedmont offers creative outlets for singers, musicians, and actors. All students can be part of the 100-voice Piedmont Chorale, which performs several concerts each year. The Piedmont Singers is a 50-member ensemble of selected students that performs on campus and each year tours in the U.S. or abroad. Performance groups also include the 10-member Cantabile a cappella singers, Piedmont Camerata chamber ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and String Ensemble.

Students interested in theatre may join the Piedmont College Theatre and the Alpha Psi Omega theatre honor society, which together perform a succession of plays each year ranging from Shakespeare to children's theatre.