The East Alabama West Georgia Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) encompasses 17 counties in East Alabama (Autaga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Henry, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, and Tallapoosa) and 4 counties in West Georgia (Chatahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, and Troup. This local section is 1 of 185 local sections of the ACS within the United States.

Included in this region are 9 major colleges and universities, listed below. The map below shows the relative location of each institution.

1. Alabama State University
2. Auburn University
3. Auburn University – Montgomery
4. Columbus State University
5. Huntingdon College
6. LaGrange College
7. Troy University
8. Troy University – Montgomery
9. Tuskegee University