The Graduate School provides leadership for graduate education at Colorado State University, a land-grant and Carnegie I Research Institution. We ensure the highest academic program standards while enhancing your personal and professional growth through innovative professional development and mentoring programs.
Dean Colleen Webb
Welcome to the Graduate School at Colorado State University! CSU is one of the nation’s leading public land-grant research universities. We are especially known for our teaching and learning excellence; transformational research and artistry; and public service at home and abroad.
Why Colorado State University?
Colorado State University is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top universities in a variety of categories and disciplines – from teaching and learning to research and student achievement in studios, laboratories, and classrooms. Live, learn, work, and play here at Colorado State University, we can’t wait to hear from you.
Graduate Ram Impact
Katie Baxter
After an eight-year pause and a decade of personal growth, Katie Baxter is finally completing her Master’s of Education in Learning Design and Training. Throughout this time, her interest in education and mental health advocacy shaped her path, and her desire to finish her degree remained.
Talia Head
As appearing in source.colostate.edu | June 17, 2025 | By Josh Rhoten Crab Lab offers gateway into marine biology-type research in landlocked Colorado Landlocked Colorado State University is not the first institution you may think of to study marine biology. But
Cheng Guo
Cheng Guo, a Ph.D. student at Colorado State University, is developing new algorithms and machine learning techniques for image processing that will help researchers quickly identify and track African leopards in the wild.
About CSU
Campus and its History
- CSU was founded as the Colorado Agricultural College in 1870. 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.
- Recognized for community engagement: Community Engagement – Learn | CSU’s Office Of Engagement & Extension
- 55 extension offices serving every Colorado county.
- Eight colleges, multiple inter-university programs.
- $622+ million in total research expenditures.
- 246 graduate degree programs (176 Master’s, 70 Doctorate).
- 71 Graduate Certificates.
- Library holdings include more than 2.3 million books, bound journals, and government documents.
- 250 world-class music, theatre and dance performances; exhibitions; and other high-profile arts events annually.
- CSU has 228,000 active alumni in all 50 states and around the world. There are Ram Networks across the nation with 13,000+ Alumni Association members.
- CSU Accolades
Ranks and Awards
- 1st Greenest University in Colorado | Princeton Review, 2021
- 2nd Best for Hydrology and Water Resource Management | edurank.org, 2021
- 3rd Veterinary Medicine | US News & World Report, 2019
- 4th Best University Solving the Coronavirus Pandemic | Successfulstudent.org, 2020
Student Life
- 475+ registered student organizations
- 14 intercollegiate sports programs
- Academic partner with Semester at Sea and CSU Todos Santos Center in Mexico
International Programs
- Over 20% of tenure-track faculty and 25% of new faculty are international
- 2,000 international students and scholars representing 110 countries
- One of the top universities every year for recruiting Peace Corps volunteers
Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow
Colorado State University offers a variety of rigorous academic programs and is consistently ranked among the nation’s top universities in a number of disciplines. Whether you are interested in starting your Doctoral studies, working toward a Master’s degree, building your resume with a Graduate Certificate or starting a Professional degree, Colorado State University might be the perfect fit for you.
Student Achievement
CSU awards approximately 7000 degrees annually. Around 1600 are Master’s degrees, 220 are doctoral degrees, and 140 degrees are awarded from our competitive College of Veterinary Medicine doctoral program.
Mentoring Excellence
Rankings
$576 M+
generated in research expenditures FY 2023-2024
91%
rated their entire educational experiences at CSU – Excellent/Good