Perimeter College at Georgia State University

Perimeter College

New logo (2016) to reflect name change and merger with Georgia State University.
Former name	DeKalb College DeKalb Community College Georgia Perimeter College
Type	Public college
Active	1964 (1964)–2016 (2016)
Parent institution	Georgia State University (2016–present)
Affiliation	University System of Georgia
Provost / Dean	Peter Lyons
Academic staff	510[1]
Students	21,000[1]
Undergraduates	Freshman: 10,955 (Fall 2014)[1] Sophomore: 8,295 (Fall 2014)[1]
Location	Suburban Atlanta , Georgia , United States
Campus	Suburb, 50 acres (0.20 km2)
Nickname	Panthers
Mascot	Pounce the Blue Panther
Website	perimeter.gsu.edu

Perimeter College at Georgia State University^[2] is a college of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Perimeter College was originally a public community college founded by an Atlanta area county board of education before merging with Georgia State University in 2016 to create one of the largest universities in the United States with over 50,000 students.^[3] The Perimeter College (PC) campuses became components of Georgia State University, still maintaining their own mission, degrees, and admittance requirements, separate from those of the main campus.^[4] Before merging with GSU, PC served metro Atlanta with five campus locations and offered more than 40 programs of study, including Arts, Music, Theatre, Nursing, Business Administration, Education, Dental Hygiene, Criminal Justice, and Sign Language Interpreting.