<Tr> <Th> Mascot </Th> <Td> Wolfie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.westga.edu </Td> </Tr> <P> The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral - granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles (80 km) west of Atlanta, Georgia . The University is built on 645 acres (2 km2) including a recent addition of 246 acres (1 km2) from the city of Carrollton in 2003 . The university's off - campus classes are available in Dalton, Newnan, Georgia Highlands College in Rome, Georgia . Around 13,308 students are enrolled at the university . The University is classified as one of R3 - Doctoral University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and has been repeatedly named one of the Best Southeastern Colleges by The Princeton Review . </P> <P> In 1906 the decision to create the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School occurred in response to a call for "more realistic educational program for rural youth" aged 13 to 21 . The Bonner plantation was chosen as the location for the school . </P>

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