Paine College

Paine College

Paine College is a private, historically black Methodist liberal arts college in Augusta, Georgia. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Paine College was founded by the leadership of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now United Methodist Church, and the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, now Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Paine was the brainchild of Bishop Lucius Henry Holsey, who first expressed the idea for the College in 1869.

The college is experiencing financial issues that led to its loss of accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 2018.

Current President: Cheryl Evans Jones

Official website: www.paine.edu