1875 Land-Grant Colleges

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College Name	City	State	Date of charter	Date of organization	President	Number of preparatory instructors	Male students in preparatory department	Female students in preparatory department	Resident faculty in scientific department	Nonresident faculty in scientific department	Total number of students in regular scientific course	Male first year students	Female first year students	Combined first year students	Male second year students	Female second year students	Combined second year students	Male third year students	Female third year students	Combined third year students	Male fourth year students	Female fourth year students	Combined fourth year students	Number of students in partial course	Number of graduate students	Number of state scholarships	Number of other free scholarships	Number of years in course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Annual cost of tuition	Number of volumes in libraries	No of pamphlets in libraries	Average annual increase in books	Amount of library fund	Volumes in society libraries	Average annual increase in society library volumes	Value of grounds, buildings and apparatus	Amount of productive funds	Income from productive funds	Receipts for last year from tuition fees	Receipts for the last year from State appropriations	Date of last commencement	Notes
State Agricultural and Mechanical College	Auburn	Alabama	1872	1872	Rev. L.T. Tichenor, D.D.	1	33		6	0	50	4	0		9	0		18	0		19			5	0	42	20	4.00	40	50	1,720	100	200	0	2,500		100,000	250,300	16,224	600	0	June 28
Arkansas Industrial University	Fayetteville	Arkansas	1871	1872	N.P. Gates	1			9	0	8	8												3	0	219		4.00	40	30	300		53	0			140,000	130,000	10,400	2,000		June 15
Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College (University of California)	Oakland	California	1868	1869	John Le Conte, M.D.				37	2	139			81			26			15			7	15		0	0	4.00	38	0										0		June 7	Scientific library and financial information recorded with classical.
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College	New Haven	Connecticut	1701	1846	Rev. Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.	0	0	0	30	0	187	72			63			52						10	27	27	1	3.00	37	150	5,000			12,000	0			280,123	17,000			June 27
Agricultural Department of Delaware College	Newark	Delaware	1867	1870	William H. Purnell, LL.D.	0	0	0	6	1	33	7	7		4	2		5	8		0	0			1	30		3.00	40	200												June 21	Scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (University of Georgia)	Athens	Georgia	1872	1872	L.H. Charbonnier, A.M.				6		86	26			20			30			10				1	219	0	34.00	40								40,000	243,000	17,010	0	5,000	August	Scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
North Georgia Agricultural College	Dahlonega	Georgia	1872	1873	Hon. D.W. Lewis																							3.00		0	1,000						80,000	45,000	3,500	350	0	July, 1st Wed.	Enrollment consists of 245, gender not specified and 3 resident faculty; Library and financial information is from 1874 Commissioner's Report.
Illinois Industrial University	Urbana	Illinois	1867	1867	John M. Gregory, LL.D.	0	0	0	23	5	332	100	40		75	20		48	13		34	2			3	0	0	4.00	36	15	10,600		500	0		25	359,411	319,000	29,410	6,748	7,500	June 7	Funds assigned to tuition are for incidental fees, tuition is free; revenue from tuition is for incidental fees.
Purdue University	La Fayette	Indiana	1869	1874	A.C. Shortridge				8	0															1			34.00	40	0	800			0			300,000	360,000	21,000	0	60,000	June 16
Iowa State Agricultural College	Ames	Iowa	1857	1869	A.S. Welch, LL.D.				14	1	273	100	47		40	19		34	8		14	11		33		0	0	4.00	34	0	3,540			0	0	0	400,000	500,000	40,000	0	0	November 15
Kansas State Agricultural College	Manhattan	Kansas	1863	1863	John A. Anderson				14	1	237															0	0	6.00	37	0	3,000			0	150	35	117,591	225,691	19,799	0	13,675	May 24
Agricultural and Mechanical College (Kentucky University)	Lexington	Kentucky	1865	1866	John R. Bowman, LL.D. (regent), James K. Patterson (chairman of faculty)	1	40		7		140															300	0	4.00	40	25					200		250,000	165,000	9,900	2,000	0	June 10
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Louisiana	New Orleans	Louisiana	1869	1874	Prof. J.L. Cross	1	22		5	0	55	40			15			0			0			13	0		0	4.00	43		300	100		0	0		25,000	196,200	13,754	0	0	July 31	Scholarships are assigned two to each senator, and one to each member of the House of Representatives.
Maine State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts	Orono	Maine	1868	1869	Rev. C.F. Allen	0	0	0	7		110	32	3		21	1		17	3		32	1		5				4.00	38	0	2,200	500	500				100,000	134,400	8,264		12,500	August 2
United States Naval Academy	Annapolis	Maryland		1845	Rear Admiral C.R.P. Rodgers, U.S.N. (superintendent)	0	0	0	63	0	322	146	0		70	0		61	0		45	0		0	9	0		6.00	38	0	17,678	705	200	0	0	0	3,000,000	0	0	0	0	June 20
Maryland Agricultural College	College Station	Maryland	1856	1858	William H. Parker	0	0	0	5	1	47	39	0		5	0		0	0		3	0		17	0	30	0	4.00	40		0	0			1,500	0	100,000		6,000		6,000	June 24
Massachusetts Agricultural College	Amherst	Massachusetts	1863	1867	W.S. Clark, Ph.D., LL.D.				9	2	75	18			20			13			24			12	6	0	5	4.00	39	75	1,500		100		300	0	250,000	250,000	15,000	6,000	0	June 21
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Boston	Massachusetts	1861	1865	John D. Runkle, Ph.D., LL.D.	0	0	0	34	0	171	36			55			45			35			108	21	0	2	4.00	36	200	3,000			0	0	0		250,000	17,500	47,000	0		Scientific library volumes include books and pamphlets.
Michigan State Agricultural College	Lansing	Michigan	1855	1857	Theophilus C. Abbot, LL.D.	0	0	0	13	0	140	82			21			21			16			11	5	0	0	4.00	37	0	3,700			0	500	200	231,407	231,377	16,196	0	28,602	November 22	Scientific library volumes include books and pamphlets.
College of Agriculture and of Mechanic Arts (University of Minnesota)	Minneapolis	Minnesota	1868	1870	William W. Folwell, A.M.				14	0	7							4			3							2.00														June 22	Scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (University of Mississippi)	Oxford	Mississippi	1844	1871	Alex. P. Stewart (chancellor)					1	27	10	0		11	0		3	0		3	0						4.00	38	25								75,000	6,000			June 29	Scientific faculty reported with the classical faculty; scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
Agricultural and Mechanical department of Alcorn University	Rodney	Mississippi	1871	1871	Rev. C.H. Thompson, D.D.	2	39		4	1	5	5	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	65	4.00	39	0	50				0		28,905	123,150	9,852	0	15,000	June 21
Missouri Agricultural and Mechanical College (University of Missouri)	Columbia	Missouri	1839	1870	Daniel Read, LL.D. (president), George C. Swallow, M.D., LL.D. (dean of agric. fac.)				11																			4.00	40													July 4	Scientific students are reported with classical; scientific library and financial information reported with classical
School of Mines and Metallurgy (University of Missouri)	Rolla	Missouri	1870	1871	Charles P. Williams, Ph.D. (director)		18		8		18	10			6			2						65				3.00	38	20	1,478	800	370	0	200		35,000		7,000		5,000	June 29
Agricultural College (University of Nebraska)	Lincoln	Nebraska	1869	1872	A.R. Benton, A.M., LL.D.		15		3	0	18	13			5													3.00	38	0	150											June 23	Scientific financial information reported with classical.
College of Agriculture (University of Nevada)	Elko	Nevada		1874	D.R. Sessions																																						Scientific faculty and students reported with classical
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (Dartmouth College)	Hanover	New Hampshire	1866	1868	Rev. Asa D. Smith, D.D., LL.D.				14	0	29	7			14			8						0	0	12	30	3.00	29	30	1,300	1,000	50	0	146	49	106,000	110,000	6,600	180	5,000	April 19
Rutgers Scientific School (Rutgers College)	New Brunswick	New Jersey	1770	1864	Rev. William H. Campbell				9	2	44	17			10			14			3			2	0	40	0	4.00	36	75							8,000	116,000	6,960	1,200	0	June 21	Scientific library volumes reported with classical; college farm for experimental purposes included with classical
College of Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, & c.	Ithaca	New York	1865	1868	Hon. A.D. White, LL.D.	0	0	0	32	2	187	60	2		48	0		43	0		34	0				0		34.00	37	60								30,000	2,100			June 15	Scientific library and financial information is reported with classical, tuition for agriculture students is free.
United States Military Academy	West Point	New York		1802	Colonel Thomas H. Ruger, U.S.A. (superintendent)				45		307	117	0		61	0		79	0		50	0						4.00	39		250,000
Agricultural and Mechanical College (University of North Carolina)	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	1789		Rev. Charles Phillips, D.D.						10																	3.00															Scientific faculty reported with classical
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College	Columbus	Ohio	1870	1870	Edward Orton, Ph.D.	0	0	0	11	0	100																	6.00	37	0	1,000			0	200		500,000	500,000	30,000	0	0	June 21
Corvallis State Agricultural College	Corvallis	Oregon	1868	1868	B.L. Arnold	1	50	25	4		150															60		6.00	40	80							5,000			2,000	5,000	July 1
Pennsylvania State College	State College	Pennsylvania	1854	1859	Rev. James Calder, D.D.	2	74	16	9	0	54	19	3		12	3		9	1		7		5	1		0	1	4.00	40	0	1,800				1,400	50	532,000	500,000	30,000	0	0	June 29
Agricultural and Scientific Department (Brown University)	Providence	Rhode Island	1764		Rev. E.G. Robinson, D.D., LL.D.																					30		4.00	40	75								50,000				June 21
South Carolina Agricultural College and Mechanics' Institute (Claflin University)	Orangeburg	South Carolina	1872	1875	Rev. Edward Cooke, A.M., D.D.				2		35																	4.00	32	0								191,800	11,508		5,000		Interest annually due on State bonds; only $5000 received during the year.
Tennessee Agricultural College (East Tennessee University)	Knoxville	Tennessee	1807	1869	Rev. Thomas W. Humes, S.T.D.						44	23			6			9			6							4.00	40	36												June 24	Scientific faculty reported with classical; scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	Burlington	Vermont	1865	1865	Matthew H. Buckham, A.M.	0	0	0	7	0	19	0	1		3	2		7	1		3	2		1	0	0	17	4.00	39	45										855	0	June 14	Scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College	Blacksburg	Virginia	1872	1872	C.L.C. Minor, A.M.				7	0	222																	3.00	43					0			49,947	172,000	20,685	560		August 10	Library and financial information is from 1874 Commissioner's Report.
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute	Hampton	Virginia	1870	1872	S.C. Armstrong (principal)	3	14	21	17	0	208	59	32		40	26		40	11					0	0	100		3.00	36		1,289		21	0	0		183,848	136,087	12,323	0	0	May 18
Agricultural department of West Virginia University	Morgantown	West Virginia	1867	1867	Rev. Alex. Martin, D.D.																							2.00	41													June 22	Scientific and classical students reported with classical; scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
Department of Civil Engineering, Mining, and Metallurgy (University of Wisconsin)	Madison	Wisconsin	1848	1866	John Bascom, LL.D.				6	0	15							9	0		6	0		0	0			2.00	38	18													Scientific library and classical information reported with classical.
College Name	City	State	Date of charter	Date of organization	President	Number of preparatory instructors	Male students in preparatory department	Female students in preparatory department	Resident faculty in scientific department	Nonresident faculty in scientific department	Total number of students in regular scientific course	Male first year students	Female first year students	Combined first year students	Male second year students	Female second year students	Combined second year students	Male third year students	Female third year students	Combined third year students	Male fourth year students	Female fourth year students	Combined fourth year students	Number of students in partial course	Number of graduate students	Number of state scholarships	Number of other free scholarships	Number of years in course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Annual cost of tuition	Number of volumes in libraries	No of pamphlets in libraries	Average annual increase in books	Amount of library fund	Volumes in society libraries	Average annual increase in society library volumes	Value of grounds, buildings and apparatus	Amount of productive funds	Income from productive funds	Receipts for last year from tuition fees	Receipts for the last year from State appropriations	Date of last commencement	Notes

Source: “Table X.—Part I and II.—Statistics of schools of science (mining, engineering, agriculture, &c.) endowed with the national land grant, for 1875, from replies to inquiries by the United States Bureau of Education” United States Department of Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1876), 749 – 753.

1875 Land-Grant Colleges

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