COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Fort Collins, Colo., U.S. It is a land grant university and a part of Colorado's state university system. Colorado State consists of the colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Applied Human Sciences, Business, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Natural Resources, Natural Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The university offers a range of bachelor's and master's degree programs and doctoral degrees in sciences and engineering. Total enrollment is approximately 21,000. The territorial legislature of Colorado established the Agriculture College of Colorado in 1870. Instruction began in 1879. After a series of name changes the school became Colorado State University in 1957. Virtually from the outset, education and research in agriculture and forestry have been a central part of the university's mission. Separate from the main campus are a 900-acre agriculture campus for experimentation and research; Foothills campus, site of research projects; and Pingree Park, a forestry and science teaching and research campus in the Rocky Mountains.