Two more two-year colleges will offer a limited number of bachelor degrees, under action the State Board of Regents took this week.

South Georgia College will offer a bachelor of science in nursing and East Georgia College will offer a baccalaureate in biology.

Last month the regents allowed Darton, Atlanta Metropolitan, Georgia Highlands and Georgia Perimeter to offer some four-year degrees.

The University System of Georgia will now have 14 "state colleges." Only two traditional two-year colleges remain: Bainbridge and Waycross colleges.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (center) is flanked by GOP whip Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (left) and Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, as Thune speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Earlier Tuesday, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump's signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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