Fitchburg State College

This article is for the state college in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. For other uses see FSC (disambiguation)

Fitchburg State College is a four-year public institution of higher learning located in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. FSC 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, Teacher Education Center, 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.

College 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 FSC began in 1915, with the first summer courses offered through the College. Twenty years later, FSC established its first graduate programs.

External links

• FSC Homepage
• Fitchburg State Today newsletter