Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University is a public research university founded in 1906, with its flagship campus in Statesboro, Georgia, and additional campuses in Savannah, Swainsboro, and Hinesville. It offers more than 150 academic majors at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, had approximately 30,000 students in 2026, and is classified as an R2 doctoral university with high research activity; its intercollegiate teams, the Eagles, compete in the Sun Belt Conference.