page_title: Colorado
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Colorado / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: &#160;United States, United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel.
context_page_description: Colorado is a state in the western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado is 5,758,736 as of 2019, an increase of 14.5% since the 2010 United States Census.
  The region has been inhabited by Native Americans for more than 13,000 years, with the Lindenmeier Site containing artifacts dating from approximately 11200 BC to 3000 BC; the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. The state was named for the Colorado River, which early Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state. Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it became a state one century after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
context_section_description: Adams State University
  Aims Community College
  Arapahoe Community College
  Art Institute of Colorado
  Belleview Christian College & Bible Seminary
  Colorado Christian University
  Colorado College
  Colorado Mesa University
  Colorado Mountain College
  Colorado Northwestern Community College
  Colorado School of Mines
  Colorado State University System
  Colorado State University
  Colorado State University-Pueblo
  CSU–Global Campus
  Colorado Technical University
  Community College of Aurora
  Community College of Denver
  Denver Seminary
  DeVry University
  Emily Griffith Opportunity School
  Ecotech Institute
  Fort Lewis College
  Front Range Community College
  Iliff School of Theology
  Johnson & Wales University
  Lamar Community College
  Metropolitan State University of Denver
  Morgan Community College
  Naropa University
  Nazarene Bible College
  Northeastern Junior College
  Otero Junior College
  Pikes Peak Community College
  Pueblo Community College
  Red Rocks Community College
  Regis University
  Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
  Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  Trinidad State Junior College
  United States Air Force Academy
  University of Colorado System
  University of Colorado Boulder
  University of Colorado Colorado Springs
  University of Colorado Denver
  Anschutz Medical Campus
  Auraria Campus
  University of Denver
  University of Northern Colorado
  Western Colorado University
caption: The United States Air Force Academy
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