Western Colorado University in Gunnison, formerly Western State College of Colorado, was founded in 1901 as the Colorado State Normal School and opened for classes in 1911. It became Western State College of Colorado in 1923, Western State Colorado University in 2012 and Western Colorado University in 2018. Its motto is The Power to Serve. The roughly 350-acre rural campus sits at high elevation, and Paul Wright Gym is described as the world's highest collegiate gym, while the Mountaineer Bowl is among the highest-elevation college stadiums. Fall 2024 enrollment was 3,568, with 3,148 undergraduates. It offers over 110 undergraduate areas of study and 8 graduate programs; business, biology and exercise and sport science are popular, with distinctive offerings in petroleum geology and high altitude exercise physiology. The Western Mountain Rescue Team is the only collegiate search and rescue team accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association. The Mountaineers compete in NCAA Division II in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
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Western admits students to a small mountain-town campus; the institution now uses the name Western Colorado University.
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1 Western Way Gunnison, Colorado, United States
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