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  Georgia is home to several highly ranked independent colleges, including two all-female colleges ranked among the nation's top 70 liberal arts colleges by US News and World Report, and a private university ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by the same publication. Several of these schools were founded as early as the 19th century.
  
  

Agnes Scott College

• Agnes Scott College is a private, all-female liberal arts college that was founded in 1889. The school is located in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta,. As of 2009, the school had about 900 undergraduates. The college offers undergraduate majors, minors and preprofessional programs in more than 50 different areas. The college also offers Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degrees in five fields, as well as a postbaccalaureate premedicine program. Agnes Scott College tied for 59th in US News and World Report's 2010 ranking of liberal arts colleges.
  
  Agnes Scott College
  141 E. College Ave
  Decatur, GA 30030
  (404) 471-6000
  agnesscott.edu
  
  

Emory University

• Emory University is a private research university that was founded in 1836. As of 2009, the school had about 6,900 undergraduates and 5,800 graduate students studying in four undergraduate divisions and seven graduate schools. Undergraduates in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences can study in more than 30 different academic departments. Graduate students can study within Emory's schools of business, nursing, law, medicine, public health and others. Emory University tied for 17th in US News and World Report's 2010 ranking of national universities.
  
  Emory University
  201 Dowman Drive
  Atlanta, GA 30322
  (404) 727-6123
  emory.edu/
  
  

Spelman College

• Spelman College is a private, all-female, historically black liberal arts college that was founded in 1881. As of 2009, the school had about 2,300 undergraduates. Spelman College's students can choose from among 26 academic majors and 25 minors. The college also offers continuing education programs and off-campus programs. Spelman College is a member of the Atlanta University Center consortium, along with nearby Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine. Spelman College tied for 68th in US News and World Report's 2010 ranking of liberal arts colleges.
  
  Spelman College
  350 Spelman Ln SW
  Atlanta, GA 30314
  (404) 681-3643
  spelman.edu
  
  

Berry College

• Berry College is a private liberal arts college that was founded in 1902. As of 2009, the school had about 1,700 undergraduates and fewer than 200 undergraduates. The college's academic departments are organized into four main schools: of business; education and human science; humanities, art and social science; and mathematical and natural science. The college also offers preprofessional programs in dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Berry College was ranked 112th in US News and World Report's 2010 ranking of liberal arts colleges.
  
  Berry College
  2277 Martha Berry Hwy NW
  Rome, GA 30165
  (706) 232-5374
  berry.edu