Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university (HBCU) located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is the largest of three HBCUs in the University System of Georgia. ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Albany State offers undergraduate and graduate liberal arts and professional degree programs.

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According to U.S. News & World Report, ASU is ranked 27th in the magazine's ranking of undergraduate education at HBCUs and[9] is ranked as the 106th school on the Regional Universities (South) list. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 and over half of the classes contain less than 20 students. The most popular majors are business, marketing, management, education, law enforcement and health professions. The average retention rate is 71 percent.