Colorado State University
(CSU)
Part of Colorado State University System
About
Colorado State University is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. It was founded in 1870 as Colorado Agricultural College and assumed its current name in 1957. In 2024, enrollment was approximately 34,000 students, including resident and non-resident instruction students. The university has approximately 1,500 faculty in 8 colleges and 55 academic departments.
Ranked Top 301 worldwide across 3 major ranking systems
Ranked in 84 subject rankings
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38 subjectsUS News
19 subjects|
Subject
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Rank
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Score
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Year
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|---|---|---|---|
| Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences | 39 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Environment/Ecology | 40 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Geosciences | 69 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Agricultural Sciences | 84 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Plant and Animal Science | 84 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Microbiology | =167 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Physics | =212 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Biology and Biochemistry | =219 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Chemistry | =293 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Public Health | 309 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Public, Environmental and Occupational Health | =316 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Economics and Business | 319 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Mathematics | 371 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Psychiatry/Psychology | 393 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | =529 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Clinical Medicine | =708 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Engineering | =726 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Computer Science | =730 | 57.4 | 2026 |
| Materials Science | 898 | 57.4 | 2026 |