Fitchburg State University

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Fitchburg State University

Former names	State Normal School in Fitchburg (1894–1932) State Teachers College at Fitchburg (1932–1960) State College at Fitchburg (1960–1965) Fitchburg State College (1965–2010)
Motto	Perseverantia
Type	Public university
Established	1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Accreditation	NECHE
Endowment	$19.9 million (2018)[1]
Budget	$86 million (FY 2014)[2]
President	Richard S. Lapidus
Academic staff	194 full-time
Students	6,554[3] (fall 2022)
Undergraduates	3,421 (2019)[4]
Postgraduates	1,238 (2019)[4]
Location	Fitchburg, Massachusetts , U.S. 42°35′20″N 71°47′21″W / 42.5889°N 71.7892°W / 42.5889; -71.7892
Campus	Urban, 31.4 acres (12.7 ha) (main campus) 226.2 acres (91.5 ha) total[5]
Colors	Green & gold
Nickname	Falcons
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III – MASCAC, NEFC
Mascot	Falcon
Website	www.fitchburgstate.edu

Fitchburg State University (Fitchburg State) is a public university in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It has 3,421 undergraduate and 1,238 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment of 4,659.^[6] The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in 25 academic disciplines. The main campus, the McKay Campus School, and athletic fields occupy 79 acres (320,000 m²) in the city of Fitchburg; the biological study fields occupy 120 acres (490,000 m²) in the neighboring towns of Lancaster, Leominster, and Lunenburg.