WebColorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado.It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It was founded in 1870 as Colorado …

WebA land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.. Signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, the first Morrill Act began to fund educational institutions by granting federally controlled land to …

WebTexas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas.It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of Fall 2021, Texas A&M's student body is the largest in the United States. Texas A&M is the only university in …

WebThe University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System.MU was founded in 1839 and was the first public university west of the Mississippi River.It has been a member of the Association …

WebA land grant is a gift of real estate—land or its use privileges—made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service.Grants of land are also awarded to individuals and companies as incentives to develop unused land in relatively unpopulated …

WebNorth Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The university forms one of the corners of the Research Triangle together with Duke University in Durham and the University of …

WebThe University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees, and roughly 30,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students are enrolled at UCI as …

WebNew Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico.Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's two flagship universities along with the University of New Mexico. NMSU has extension and research …

WebThe University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California.It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810 ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking …

WebAfter the desegregation of West Virginia schools in the 1950s, the state board of education voted to terminate West Virginia State University's land-grant funding structure. West Virginia State University was restored to land-grant status in 2001. Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin–Madison (designated on April 12, 1866) Wyoming