Fort Valley State University
School info
3.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.3
Food
3.2
Clubs
3.3
Facilities
3.5
Internet
3
Location
2.4
Opportunities
3.2
Safety
3.5
Social
3.4
Happiness
3.5
Basic Information
Location
- Fort Valley, GA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public land-grant historically black university
- Established: 1895; 129 years ago (1895)
- Founder: John Wesley Davison, Virgil Gideon Barnett, Peter Fann, Henry Lowman, Thomas McAfee, James Isaac Miller, Charlie H. Nixon, Thomas W. Williams, Stephen Elisha Bassett, Allen Cooper, Francis W. Gano, John Howard Hale, David Jones, J.R. Jones, D.L. Lawrence, Alonzo L. Nixon, Lee O’Neal
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Around 37 degree courses (29 undergraduate majors and 8 master's degree programs)
Key Area
- Bioenergy and Climate Change
- Food Safety
- Small Ruminants
- Specialty Plant Biotechnology
- Agricultural Economics
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 2,182 (Fall 2021)
- Undergraduates: 2,081 - 2,666
- Postgraduates: 417
- Administrative Staff: 400
Notable Alumni
- Jo Ann Gibson Robinson
- Edith Ingram Grant
- Calvin Smyre
- John Wesley Blassingame
- Greg Lloyd
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Good reviews
Overall 4.7
Great School
Overall 4.5
Not Specified.
Overall 4.2
fort valley is great overall and it feels like family
Overall 4.2
I love my FVSU. Its literally what you make it though!
Overall 4.2
Fort Valley is THE best hbcu.
Overall 4.2
The school is really nice and the campus is beautiful and the professors are cool
Overall 4
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Bad reviews
Overall 1.6
I came to this school my freshman year and I’m leaving halfway through the year because this school is not what it used to be as there aren't a lot of options for minors and majors and the staff is pathetic.
Overall 1.7
School is a dead zone nothing to do but party and the school could use a remodeling.
Overall 2
Overall not a bad school though do your research on what are of study you want to try before attending here