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DeKalb's College, Universities & Institutes of Higher Learning
Metro Atlanta, the nation's tenth largest metro area, ranks sixth nationally for students enrolled full-time in area college and universities and for total degrees conferred, according to the Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education (ARCHE). Near the top for degrees conferred in many subjects, metro Atlanta ranks second for degrees conferred in engineering and related technologies and fourth in computer and information sciences. As found in a recent ARCHE study, in an average year more than 130,000 students enrolled full time in the region's institutes of higher learning.

DeKalb County is home to many of the fine colleges and universities that serve metro Atlanta, including Agnes Scott, Emory, Oglethorpe, Columbia Theological Seminary, Mercer, Georgia Perimeter College, DeKalb Tech, National-Louis and DeVry Atlanta. An estimated 20,000 students are enrolled annually in degreed programs in these DeKalb schools, with another 44,000 pursuing certificates and upgrading their technical and business skills.