History
Colorado State University is a land-grant institution classified as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University-Extensive. CSU was founded as Colorado Agricultural College in 1870, six years before the Colorado Territory gained statehood. It was one of 68 land-grant colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862. Doors opened to a freshman class of 5 students in 1879.
The university has operated under four different names:
- 1879: Agricultural College of Colorado
- 1935: Colorado College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (Colorado A&M)
- 1944: Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College (Colorado A&M)
- 1957: Colorado State University
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