Southern Connecticut State University opened on September 11, 1893 as the New Haven State Normal School, a two-year teacher training school. It became New Haven State Teachers College in 1937, when it began granting bachelor's degrees, was renamed Southern Connecticut State College in 1959, and became a university in March 1983. It occupies 168 acres at 501 Crescent Street in New Haven, with a laboratory science building opened in 2015 and a School of Business building from summer 2023. Fall 2022 enrollment was 8,889 students, and later data put total enrollment near 8,820 for 2024-25. The university is known for teacher education and nursing, requires all majors to complete a Liberal Education Program, and has received approval for its first doctoral programme, an Ed.D. in educational leadership. The Owls, with Otus the Owl as mascot, compete in NCAA Division II in the Northeast-10 Conference.
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501 Crescent Street, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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