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Paine College

School colors: Purple and white

The President's Office, Paine College
Historic photograph. Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Augusta, Georgia · Founded 1882

Private · Four-year · ~340 students

www.paine.edu · official site

Founding

Paine College was founded in 1882 in Augusta, Georgia. The college states that since 1882 it has prepared students to lead and to serve.

Source: Paine College, read 2026-09-14.

On the official record

Campus address
1235 15th St, Augusta, GA 30901-3182
Control
Private not-for-profit
Students
~340 students
Directory id
140720
OPE id
00158700
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1235 15th St, Augusta, GA. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 33.469545, -81.993225 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 140720. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. Paine College. https://paine.edu/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 344 total, Fall 2023 (344 undergraduate, 0 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. School colors: Purple and white. Values shown are conventional approximations of the named colors. Paine College, Wikipedia (revision 1368436055). Read 2026-09-16.
  6. Photograph: Unknown, book in which the image is published in was edited by W. N. Hartshorn and George W. Penniman., 1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_President%27s_Office,_Paine_College.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  7. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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