About Central State University

Central State University (CSU) is a public, historically black land-grant academic circles in Wilberforce, Ohio. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

Established by the permit legislature in 1887 as a two-year program for scholarly and industrial training, it was originally located taking into account Wilberforce University, a four-year institution devoted to classical academic education. It was originally known as the Combined Normal and Industrial Department. In 1941 the college gained a four-year curriculum, independent status in 1947, and was renamed as Central State College in 1951. With extra development, it gained academe status in 1965. In 2014, Central State University standard designation as a land-grant university.

Wilberforce is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,271 at the 2010 census, up from 1,579 at the 2000 census.