Colorado State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins (Fort Collins, Colorado), Colorado in the United States. Colorado State University is the states land grant (Morrill Act) university and the flagship campus university of the Colorado State University System. The As of2004alt=current enrollment is approximately 27,000 students. The university has approximately 1,400 faculty in eight colleges and 55 academic departments. Bachelors degrees are offered in 62 fields of study, with Masters degrees in 59 fields. Colorado State confers doctoral degrees in 38 fields of study, in addition to a professional degree in veterinary medicine.