Colorado State University (CSU)-Pueblo

Colorado State University-Pueblo has a long history of serving the community and responding to the growing needs of higher education in our region. Our roots were first established in 1933 when we began as a three-room junior college with 63 students and two instructors. We spent many years thereafter serving the community in that capacity and officially became a four-year university in 1965. Colorado State University-Pueblo became our name in 2003.

We have evolved from that three-room junior college to a regional, comprehensive university offering 26 baccalaureate and six master degree programs, serving nearly 5,000 students from all 50 states and 23 countries. Over the past 75 years under four different names, the institution has graduated more than 30,000 students from around the world. Today, nearly 20,000 graduates live in Colorado.

Our Vision:
To establish Colorado State University-Pueblo as the people's university of the Southwest United States by 2028.

Our Mission:
CSU-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.



Our Values:
CSU-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.