A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University, an outstanding metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta, offers bachelor and master degree programs and enrolls 6,000 students in challenging, small classes. Clayton State combines the resources and opportunities of the University System and the cosmopolitan city of Atlanta with the advantages of close faculty-student relations. Students can cross-register in courses at nineteen public and private universities in the Atlanta region through the Atlanta Regional Consortium of Higher Education (ARCHE).