Western Colorado University

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Western Colorado University is a public university in Gunnison, Colorado. It enrolls approximately 2,600 undergraduate and 400 graduate students, with 25 percent coming from out of state.

Rare Air Café

Standard freshman dorm room

Mountaineer Bowl (elevation 7,769 ft.)

The Mountain Bike Team after winning the 2017 DII Varsity National Title

Gunnison, Colorado

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Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. Gunnison is a college town, home to Western Colorado University.

Storefronts along Main Street in Gunnison.

Welcome to Gunnison sign for travelers on Hwy 50 entering Gunnison from the east.

View of Tenderfoot Mountain taken from Gunnison in September 2009. The "W" signifies Western Colorado University.

Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional Airport