formerly Fort Valley State College) is a public land-grant historically black university in Fort Valley, Georgia, United States. It is part of the University System of Georgia and a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Fort Valley State University is the state's 1890 land-grant university and enrolls over 2,500 students. Approximately 90% of the student body is of African-American descent. The university is located in the town of Fort Valley in Peach County. Its 1,365-acre (5.52 km2) main campus is Georgia's largest public university in area.
== History ==
Fort Valley State University, was founded as Fort Valley State College in 1939. It began with the 1939 consolidation of the Fort Valley High and Industrial School (founded in 1890, chartered in 1896), and the State Teachers and Agricultural College of Forsyth (founded in 1902). Both schools had been founded privately, and were affiliated with the American Missionary Association; they were transferred to state control and operation, to form …
