Colorado State University - Pueblo is located 100 miles south of Denver in Pueblo, an ethnically and culturally diverse community of more than 120,000 people. Pueblo offers numerous art, cultural, and recreational opportunities. Founded in 1933 as Southern Colorado Junior College, the campus has adapted its name and academic programs to meet the needs of a changing student demographic. It became Colorado State University-Pueblo in July of 2003 to more closely align the institution with its governing body, the Colorado State University System.

Today Colorado State University - Pueblo offers 28 undergraduate degree programs, 10 graduate degrees and 13 pre-professional degrees. The average class size at Colorado State University - Pueblo is 21, and 80% of classes have 30 or fewer students. The student population is diverse and friendly, and Colorado State University - Pueblo is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution.

Why Colorado State University - Pueblo

Colorado State University - Pueblo is dedicated to interdisciplinary learning and entrepreneurship that elevates our people and our community, creates educational opportunities, fosters unique collaborations, and supports inclusion, access, and affordability as a gateway to the world. Colorado State University - Pueblo’s success will be measured by the resilience, agility, and problem-solving abilities of our diverse student population and the ways in which our graduates are able to navigate work in a rapidly changing world.

Academically Colorado State University - Pueblo offers: a Mass Communications Department and Center for New Media that offers hands-on experiences through an on-campus public television station, a radio station, and on-line and print publications, an undergraduate engineering program that was ranked in the nation's top 100 by U.S. News and World Report, and the Hasan School of Business ranks in the top 15 percent internationally, through its accreditation with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. There are many options for students to develop work experience alongside their studies, including the only partnership of its kind in Colorado with the Smithsonian Institution.

Colorado State University - Pueblo is located in Southern Colorado, and ideally situated for students looking to explore the outdoor activities that Colorado has to offer. There is an Outdoor Pursuits program that introduces students to a wide variety of outdoor activities like rock and ice-climbing, biking, rafting, kayaking, hiking, and of course, skiing. There are also opportunities for cultural events on campus and in the local community. Student Life offerings including a Distinguished Speakers series, concerts by Grammy Award winners like Ludacris, Gloriana, All American Rejects, Andy Grammer and Kanye West in addition to movies and comedy performances like Second City.