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Colorado State University is a land-
grant institution and a Carnegie
Research University (Very High
Research Activity). 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. The doors
opened to a freshman class of 20
students in 1879. In 1935, the school
became the Colorado State College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, or
Colorado A & M, and was renamed
Colorado State University in 1957.
#3 Professional Veterinary
Medicine ranking
61 U.S. News 2016
public school ranking
