Find the facts page or enrollment statistics on the Georgia college's website. Smaller schools enroll 5,000 or fewer students. However, you might consider under 10,000 to be small when compared to universities with 15,000 or more. College Prowler (see Resources) lists enrollment statistics for many colleges in Georgia, including Spelman College in Atlanta that has about 2,900 students.
Visit College Board's website (see Resources) and search through colleges for the right size. College Board allows you to search by small, medium or large schools and location. College Board defines a small school with 2,000 or fewer students. As of 2011, there were 38 small colleges in Georgia listed on College Board.
Conduct research on private colleges in Georgia. Visit your local library or go on the web to look for private schools across the state. State-funded universities are usually larger, because they are public and need to offer housing for thousands of students. However, smaller colleges have private funding.
Speak to your school's guidance counselor or college adviser. A main part of a guidance counselor's job is to help students pick the right colleges. If you ask guidance counselors for a list of small colleges or private universities in Georgia, then they should be able to give you recommendations.
Create an account on GA College 411, a web resource recommended by the faculty council of the University System of Georgia. GA College 411 includes a college finder feature that allows you search schools by their size, as well as compare schools by four-year or two-year degrees and cost of enrollment. GA College 411 lists 45 schools with sizes below 5,000 students.
Consider attending one of these top small colleges in Georgia, such as Oglethorpe University, Morehouse College or Emory University. Their programs focus on art, technology and engineering.