 :for other "worcester colleges," see worcester college (disambiguation).  right|thumbnail|250px|coughlin stadium at worcester state university worcester state university's 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of worcesterâthe second largest city in new englandâhome to 35,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. ==history==  right|thumbnail|250px|helen g. shaughnessy administration building at night in 1874, worcester normal school was founded by the commonwealth of massachusetts as a teacher-training school. the school started offering bachelor of science in education degrees in 1921. in 1932, the name was changed to worcester state teachers college and relocated to its present location on chandler street. the university offered its first graduate degree, the master of science in education, in 1952. in 1963, its name was changed to worcester state college since it had transitioned to include studies in liberal arts and sciences.http://worcester.edu/about/shared%20documents/history.aspx worcester state's graduate school was founded in 1974, and today it offers 27 master's degrees, post-baccalaureate certificates, and advanced graduate study certificates. in july 2010, both the
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