About University of Northern Colorado

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The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) is a public academic circles in Greeley, Colorado. The university circles was founded in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado and has a long archives in intellectual education. The institution has officially distorted its make known three times, first to Colorado State College of Education, at Greeley upon February 16, 1935, Colorado State College on February 11, 1957 and its current form previously May 1, 1970. Approximately 12,000 students are enrolled in six colleges. Extended campus locations in are in Loveland, Denver/Aurora, and Colorado Springs. UNC’s 19 energetic teams compete in NCAA Division I athletics.

The City of Greeley is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is the principal city of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Greeley is in northern Colorado and is situated 49 miles (79 km) north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to a July 2019 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of the city is 108,649, and a 2019 population estimate made Greeley the 12th-most-populous city in Colorado.