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I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Taxation from this school. During my undergraduate studies, I attended classes onsite, while my graduate courses were completed online. Experiencing both learning environments allowed me to understand the strengths and limitations of each, which later proved helpful when working in a hybrid professional setting. In Georgia, it is not very common to find schools that offer a Master’s degree specifically in Taxation rather than Accounting,... Read More and having the opportunity to study in a curriculum focused on taxation was a significant advantage for me.

I attended Georgia State University as an adult learner, working full time during the day and attending classes in the late afternoon/evening. So I didn't have the average college student experience.
What I found was that the University, for a campus that is spread out in a downtown urban environment, had a close-knit, small campus feel. Professors were very friendly, welcoming, helpful, and knowledgeable.
The quality of the classes was top notch. I gained a vast amount of knowledge in my years there.... Read More I was in my 30's and thought life experience had taught me enough to make college a breeze. I was wrong. I was challenged daily. I learned so much. Most importantly I learned to think critically and make educated decisions.
I would recommend Georgia State University to anyone looking for a high quality education. It is truly a great university.

I attended Georgia State University for 4 years and graduated in May 2021 with my bachelors in Biology. My school experience was amazing and I made a lot of friends and was able to connect with a diverse group of people. I believe that a lot of the professors were fair and willing to work with students. I frequently visited office hours and became known by my first name with some professors ( it is an extremely large campus).

My only complaint about my university experience is that GSU has an open... Read More campus. This can be very dangerous because there were lots of people harassing the students as they would walk to class or walk to their dorms. Overall, I think the security did the best they could do with the open campus situation. I also attended college during the time that COVID occurred, so we were sent home early during my spring semester of my junior year. I later returned that fall semester and became a RA.

I had a generally positive experience at my school. The professors were knowledgable and most classes were well organized. The coursework could be challenging sometimes but it just helped me become more knowledgable and build my critical thinking skills. I also appreciate the resources available to students, such as tutoring and academic advisement.. One thing that could be improved is communication but overall the school provided a good academic environment with plenty of opportunities for students.... Read More

Georgia State University has a major problem. That problem stems from the staff. Advisors and staff are so incredibly difficult to get ahold of, and so out of sync with each other that I almost had to attend school for a whole extra semester. I had an advisor who gave me false information about my credits, and come to find out she was fired shortly after. Once that fiasco was solved, graduation went off without a hitch.
Other than that, I enjoyed my time at GSU. The classes in the Film Department... Read More were so much fun and helpful for my academics and career/passion. I found myself excited to attend just about every class. The campus itself is pretty nice. Atlanta is a so-so city when it comes to safety, but I felt safe on campus, mostly. The surrounding areas... not so much.

Georgia State wasn't a bad experience but a lot of things could have been improved to make it a better experience. For one Georgia State is on an urban campus. That means students have to interact with potentially dangerous strangers, homeless people, and panhandlers on a daily basis. Atlanta may be small but it is a very busy and dynamic city. When I was on campus, campus police were almost never around and there were several situations where I had to get myself out of danger without having the... Read More support of anyone else but fellow citizens and students. There was also several instances where homeless people trespassed into student buildings and there were no campus police around to help rectify the situation. Essentially, Georgia State needs to take it's campus safety a lot more seriously. Another major problem the school has is administration not doing their job properly and it being borderline impossible to contact an academic counselor. However the school does host many great programs including the Andrew Young School of Public Policy, which I graduated from. I would suggest students to study at this school if the school has a program that they are interested in but otherwise just based off safety concerns, I could not in good conscious suggest Georgia State.

I graduated with a B.Sc. in Psychology back in May 2020. I felt overall the academic part was very interesting. I enjoyed pretty much all the upper-level Psychology courses, and learned a great deal both on neurobilogical side and more on the qualitative side. I understand far more about myself and relationships, and read voraciously on various topics on a regular basis to this day. There were a lot of people I met; although, I wish I spent more time developing my relationships with the people I... Read More became acquainted to over there. I am currently unemployed due to personal reasons, but I feel the degree was worthwhile in furthering my critical thinking/analytical skills as well as furthering my knowledge in the social sciences.

I am a current student in the Georgia State University Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program, and I can honestly say this has been the worst academic experience I’ve had in higher education. The number one issue is disorganization. The program feels completely uncoordinated, and the administration and faculty do not seem to communicate effectively. Emails often go unanswered, or take far too long for a response. I have even been outright ignored by the clinical liaison. Registration for class is... Read More an issue every single semester. Speaking of coursework, I find the program to be unnecessarily difficult in ways that don’t support actual learning. Many instructors do not seem to know how to write exams that test material fairly or in a way that reinforces understanding. Out of all my courses, I can say I only had about two instructors who were truly good. The rest of the teaching felt inconsistent and ineffective. I know what rigorous, well-designed programs look like. The problem here is poor leadership and poorly managed instruction. I would not recommend this school. They need to throw it away and try again. This campus also feels unsafe and is mixed in with the homeless.

Mekdes Zemedhun, BS, icF Certified Health and Wellness Coach,
Servsafe Cert8fied Food Safety Manager
BUSINESS OWNER
"I enrolled into Georgia State University Prenursing program in 2002, and followed by Dietetic and Nutrition program and graduted in 2007. MY Bachelor in Dietetics and Nutrition from GSU was on campus and online. Some people compare it to master level training because if the intensity of the program. The Nutrition program was very challenging program and left me with great lessons about... Read More staying healthy, ways to help others to maintain their health, food service food safety, food preparation skils, food modification skills to meet severly ill patients nutrition requirements, food service management, and medical nutrition therapy. It also taught me how to stay positive in life no matter what life throws at me, and completing the program gave me sensnse of life time accomplishment. By the time I was ready to graduate from GSU my professors Highly recommended me to get into the dietetic internshp progra, I was accepted into DI but decided to maintain my employment with WI C Nutritionist Postion working for the county government. I loved helping the prenatal and postpartum women, and their babies whether they were normal babies or premature or in ICU unit. While keeping mm y empoyment with WIC, I applied to Master in Public Health at Morehouse School of Medicine. Because My BS in NUTRITION I RECIEVED better rate of getting a job in food service and nutrition field compared to anybody else in the field. THIS SKILL I learned from GSU allowed me to worked from Airline Catering Service as food prep for Gate Gourmet to working at Emory Healthcare at ore than one of the Healthcare locations. I started my employment at Emory University Hospital for 3 years and moved into E. St Joseph Hospital. The professors at Georgia Perimeter College and Georgia State University were very nice, approachable, but challenging as well. I worked for Emory Healthcare for 5 years and I left with an ward and great letter from the Executive Team as well. The GSU institution left me feeling so proud of myself for someone who didn’t know English vey well.