About Western State Colorado University

Western Colorado University (Western) is a public the academy in Gunnison, Colorado. It enrolls nearly 2,600 undergraduate and 400 graduate students, with 25 percent coming from out of state.

Western offers more than 100 undergraduate areas of scrutiny and seven graduate programs, five of which are nearby as accelerated degree programs. Since 2013, Western’s student headcount has grown by 17.4%, the highest percentage addition in full-time enrollment in Colorado subsequently the exception of the CU system.

The City of Gunnison is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,854. It was named in great compliment of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army manager who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.