Gainesville State College is a state college of the University System of Georgia serving northeast Georgia since 1964. The Gainesville State College Gainesville Campus, located 45 miles northeast of Atlanta and six miles southwest of downtown Gainesville in Oakwood, is on Georgia Highway 53 less than a mile from Interstate 985 Exit 16. The Gainesville State College Oconee Campus is located on Bishop Farms Parkway in Watkinsville, Georgia. Students are drawn primarily from the increasingly diverse northeast Georgia area. With an enrollment which exceeds 8,800, Gainesville State College offers courses leading to the Bachelor's of Science in Applied Environmental Spatial Analysis (IESA - Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis), Bachelor of Science with a Major in Early Childhood Care and Education, Bachelor of Applied Science with a Major in Technology Management, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees, in addition to certificate programs in Information Technology, Geographic Information Systems and Personal Fitness Training.