The main campus in Milledgeville serves approximately 254 full-time, resident ROTC Cadets and 1300 commuter students.

Students who graduate from GMC's two-year, military science-oriented curriculum receive an officer's commission in the U.S. Army.

The Columbus campus opened at Fort Benning in 1997, moved to Cross Country Office Park in 2004, and into a new facility at 2221 Manchester Expressway in 2023.

[3] This allows GMC to offer degrees to people who that work and don't have the time to come to campus, who are stationed overseas, or just enjoy going to school online.

The GMC Corps of Cadets is designed to enhance leadership capabilities of students in both military and civilian lives.

When cadets first arrive at GMC, they go through a six-week "plebe" phase to introduce them to military customs and life at the junior college.

GMC opened its modern barracks (dorm) facility in January 2007 for the 254 students that comprise the Corps of Cadets.

GMC's Early Commissioning Program (ECP) is designed to enable students to become a second lieutenant in the US Army after the first two years in college.

GMC offers funding specifically to help pay costs for Corps of Cadet members on the Milledgeville campus.

[7] Civic Leader cadets hold no military obligation and upon graduation may choose to further their education at a 4-year university or seek employment.

[9] Because it is part of JROTC, GMC's high school has mandatory 50-minute LET (Leadership, Education, Training) classes throughout the day.

It was the apparent intention of the General Assembly to establish the school as a unit of the slowly forming University System of Georgia.

Former Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill served as president from 1885 until August 1889, when he resigned due to failing health.

Legislative acts of 1920 and 1922 severed the relationship with the University of Georgia and gave the local board total power over the operations of the school.

Georgia Military College competes in soccer, tennis, golf, cross country, softball, and football.

On the golf course, the Bulldogs took home the 2004 NJCAA DIII National Championship Trophy, with Brendon O'Connell taking the individual title.

Alumnus Macoumba Kandji scored the game-winning goal in the 2010 MLS Cup, lifting the Colorado Rapids soccer team over FC Dallas.