Fitchburg State College
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Fitchburg State College is a four-year public institution of higher learning located in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Fitchburg State College has over 3300 undergraduate and 1670 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment of 5049. The College offers Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, Bachelors, Masters, and MBAs in more than 20 academic disciplines. The main campus, McKay Campus School, and atheltic fields comprise 79 acres (320,000 m²) in the city of Fitchburg; the biological study fields comprise 120 acres (490,000 m²) in the neighboring towns of Lancaster, Leominster, and Lunenburg.
History
The College was founded as the State Normal School in Fitchburg in 1894 by the state legislature. Initially a secondary educational school for women (coeducation arrived in 1911), the Normal School was not authorized to grant Bachelor degrees until 1930. In 1932, that authorization was extended to all academic disciplines within Education. At the same time, the name was changed to State Teachers College at Fitchburg. Education was the primary focus of the College until 1960, when it changed its name to State College at Fitchburg and added degrees programs outside of Education. In 1965, the College's name evolved into its present form, Fitchburg State College.Continuing Education at Fitchburg State College began in 1915, with the first summer courses offered through the College. Twenty years later, its first graduate programs were established.
Among the graduates of Fitchburg State's successful Communications/Media department are Oscar-winning special effects creator Jonathon Egstad and Emmy-nominated producer/editor Paul Coyne (Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, American Inventor).
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