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Alice Stone-Collins Art Exhibition
Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, 567 Georgia St., Demorest, GA 30535

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Why Piedmont?

A DREAM LOCATION

Our main campus is located in Demorest, Georgia, just minutes from the North Georgia mountains and all the beauty and adventure they offer. At Piedmont, students find a campus community that becomes a second family with plenty of ways to connect and get involved.

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More than 50 career-enhancing programs to choose from.

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An education you can afford

Ours is a private school education at a public school price. 99% of our full-time students receive financial aid.

Financial AID

1900+

Total student enrollment

12:1

Student-Faculty Ratio, Average class size: 10

80+

Programs of Study *undergrad, grad, and degree completion

Intercollegiate Sports Teams competing in Division III

99%

Full-time students receive financial aid

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Non-Discrimination Policy

Piedmont University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity within its faculty, staff, and students.

It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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Stories of student success

Piedmont Nursing Student Recounts Visit to Kosovo Hospital

Last summer, Piedmont University senior nursing student Artizana Hasaj visited her parents’ home country of Kosovo. Artizana observed her cousin, Suzanna, a psychiatric nurse in the(…)

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Piedmont Grad Living Professional Dream Come True

Mackenzie Wilcox graduated with her master's degree in Health & Human Performance in July and is now designing a new fitness center. Here, she holds blueprints of the fitness center, which is(…)

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Jasmine Sanchez Overcame Challenges to Earn Nursing Degree

Piedmont University promises students a personalized educational experience, marked by small class sizes and close relationships with their instructors. Jasmine Sanchez is proof of just how(…)

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Murley found a mission helping homeless in Dublin

Bethany Murley ’13 has been in Dublin, Ireland, since October 2019 serving as a volunteer for the Dublin Simon Community. The 50-year-old organization battles homelessness with the attitude,(…)

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Hatfield making her own history in the Nacoochee Valley

As a preteen, Madison Hatfield ’21 wanted to take a “fun family weekend trip” to Andersonville, a tiny Georgia town once home to a prisoner-of-war camp. Thousands of Union soldiers died of(…)

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