The apartments, which are still in operation by Middle Georgia State University, are student-only units with resident advisers and security on site.

The campus is located on more than 400 acres (1.6 km2) on College Station Drive, along Eisenhower Parkway (US 80), in western Bibb County, Georgia.

In 1970, the Board of Regents directed Macon Junior College to serve civilian and military employees at Robins Air Force Base.

The following year, 25,000 local citizens signed a petition supporting the move, but state budget cuts prevented the issue from advancing.

Over the next several years, the topic was repeatedly discussed, and "senior status" was often recommended by University System consultants, but it would be 1996 before the Regents finally approved a change in mission and the introduction of the Bachelor of Science degree.

In April 2010, the president announced that the college had assumed operations of a 300+ apartment complex adjacent to the Macon campus.

He held the position for only 12 months and left in June 2012, to be replaced by Dr. John Black, who began in July 2012 and served as interim president.

The Board of Regents approved the name change to Middle Georgia State College on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 and also laid out a path for elevating the consolidated institution to university status after a review process.