University Description

Paine College is a private, historically black Methodist college in Augusta, Georgia. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Paine College offers undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts, business administration, and education through residential, commuter, and off-site programs.. Read More

University History

Paine College was founded by the leadership of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now United Methodist Church, and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, now Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Paine was the brainchild of Bishop Lucius Henry Holsey, who first expressed the idea for the College in 1869. Bishop Holsey asked leaders in the ME Church South to help establish a school to train Negro teachers and preachers so that they might in turn appropriately address the educational and spiritual needs of the people newly freed from the evils of slavery. Leaders in the ME Church South agreed, and Paine Institute came into being.
Graduation Rate: 25% Acceptance Rate: 75% Student Faculty Ratio: 5:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni: Mike Thurmond,Woodie W. White,Louis Lomax,Frank Yerby,Joseph Lowery,Mack Gipson,Shirley McBay,John Wesley Gilbert,Channing Heggie Tobias,Pastor Troy,Samuel Lee Fudge,William Henry Harris

Academic Programs

  • General Business Administration and Management
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General History
  • General Psychology
  • Mass Communication
  • Sociology
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Chemistry
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Mathematics
  • General Psychology
  • Sociology
  • General History
  • Mass Communication
  • General Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Chemistry
  • Sociology
  • General Psychology
  • Mass Communication
  • General Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • General Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General English Language and Literature
  • Sociology
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Sports Offered

  • Baseball (M)
  • Softball (W)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Golf (M)
  • Golf (W)
  • Volleyball (W)
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Greek Life

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
  • Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
  • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
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