Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-101 (2026)

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There is hereby established a university at Fort Collins to be known as Colorado state university. Colorado state university shall be a comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards offering a comprehensive array of baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degree programs. Consistent with the tradition of land grant universities, Colorado state university has exclusive authority to offer graduate and undergraduate programs in agriculture, forestry, natural resources, and veterinary medicine. The Colorado commission on higher education, in consultation with the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, shall designate those graduate level programs that are the primary responsibility of Colorado state university. Colorado state university has the responsibility to provide on a statewide basis, utilizing when possible and appropriate the faculty and facilities of other educational institutions, those graduate level programs. The commission shall include in its funding recommendations a level of general fund support for these programs.

Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 524, § 2, effective August 3.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 23-31-101 as it existed prior to 2007.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Bd. of Governors of the Colorado State Univ. v. Renee Alderman, 2025 CO 9 (Colo. 2025).

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Bd. of Governors of the Colorado State Univ. v. Renee Alderman, 2025 CO 9 (Colo. 2025). “(2024); §§ 23-31-101 to -122, C.R.S. (2024). It is a land-grant university that celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2020 in honor of the 150-year anniversary of its founding.”

United States ex rel. Ruotsinoja v. Bd. of Governors of the Colorado State Univ. Sys., 43 F. Supp. 3d 1190 (D. Colo. 2014). · cites it 4× “Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-31-101 . II. Procedural Background On February 1, 2012, Mr.”

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