1880 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	Volumes in society libraries	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.	2	79		9		145	50	0		57	0		18	0		20			5				4	40	0	2,000	1,000		1,000	100,000	253,500	20,280	0	0	June 29
Arkansas Industrial University	Fayetteville	Arkansas	1871	1871	Gen. D.H. Hill				3	0	18	4			10	2		1	1					0		661		4	42	0	125		50		150,000	130,000	10,400			June 11	Faculty, library and financial information reported with classical; Of the scholarships, 350 beneficiaries, 237 normal students and 1 honor appointment from each of the 74 counties.
Colleges of Agriculture, Mechanics, Mining, Engineering and Chemistry (University of California)	Berkeley	California	1868	1869	John Le Conte, A.M., M.D., LL.D.	0	0	0	23	3	70			21			17			17			15	31				4	40	0										June 1	Faculty, as well as scientific library and financial information recorded with classical.
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College	New Haven	Connecticut	1701	1847	Rev. Noah Porter, D.D., LL.D.				25		161													9	20	27	3	3	37	150	5,000				100,950	265,775	28,157	15,850		June 28	Resident faculty includes nonresident faculty; graduate students reported with classical; amount for physical plant is for buildings, income from productive funds is for all sources except tuition; scholarship information is from 1879 Commissioner's Report
Agricultural Department of Delaware College	Newark	Delaware	1867	1870	William H. Purnell, LL.D.																					30				60										June 15	Faculty, students, scientific library and financial information reported with classical.
Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (University of Georgia)	Athens	Georgia	1872	1872	Rev. P.H. Mell, D.D., LL.D.				8		62															250		4		40					40,000	242,202	8,414			July 20	Faculty, scientific library information reported with classical; value of physical plant is exclusive of apparatus; Value of productive funds - entire proceeds of the sale of land scrip, the income of which, $17,914, is by various acts of the legislature,
North Georgia Agricultural College	Dahlonega	Georgia	1871	1873	Hon. D.W. Lewis	2	245	80	6																	219		4	44	10	500		500		20,000		3,500	250		June 15	Preparatory students listed are for all departments; income from productive fund is the amount received annually from the income of the public land scrip fund.
Illinois Industrial University	Urbana	Illinois	1867	1868	Selim H. Peabody	2	109	22	23	0	259	85	29		52	7		53	17		20	6		36	8	0	0	4	36	0	12,517	2,500	730	0	400,000	319,000	21,398	10,619	19,314	June 8
Purdue University	La Fayette	Indiana	1872	1874	Emerson E. White, A.M., LL/.D.	2	78	39	9	0	76	26	10		18	4		8	3		3	4		8	2	0	0	4	38	14	2,000	1,000	250	0	250,000	337,000	16,850	1,648	4,500	June 9	Tuition includes incidental fees.
Iowa State Agricultural College	Ames	Iowa	1869	1869	A.S. Welch, LL.D.		37	8	23		196			103			43			26			24	15	7			4	36	0	6,000	800			498,000	500,000	41,000		14,000	November 9	Resident faculty includes nonresident faculty; financial information is from 1879 Commissioner's Report.
Kansas State Agricultural College	Manhattan	Kansas	1863	1863	George T. Fairchild, A.M.				12		273	129	37		44	17		25	10		2	9		1	2	0	0	4	39	0	3,000	500		300	90,000	290,000	18,089	0	12,500	June 8	Resident faculty includes nonresident faculty; Income from productive funds and state appropriation are from 1879 Commissioner's Report.
Agricultural and Mechanical College (Kentucky University)	Lexington	Kentucky	1865	1866	James K. Patterson, PH.D., F.R.H., F.S.A.S.	2			13		182															300		4	40	25				200	85,000	165,000	9,900	1,500	17,000		Enrollment is for all departments; Physical plant - buildings not yet completed: $85,000 is the prospective value of grounds and buildings.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	1853/1874	1860/1874	William Preston Johnston				13		55	40			15			0			0			13	0			34	40	0	12,000					318,313	14,555		10,000	July 4	Enrollment is for all departments; library volumes and financial information reported with classical.
Maine State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts	Orono	Maine	1865	1868	M.C. Fernald, A.M., PH.D.	0	0	0	8		103	27	4		19	1		27	0		20	5		4	3	0	0	4	36	0	4,105	750	131		143,000	132,500	7,950	0	3,000	June 29
United States Naval Academy	Annapolis	Maryland		1845	Rear Admiral George B. Balch, U.S.N., sup't.	0	0	0	62	0	355	89	0		81	0		105	0		80	0		0	0	0		4	35	0	20,878	799	692	0	1,286,400	0	0	0	0	June 10	Data from 1879 Commissioner's Report; course is 4 years plus 2 years at sea.
Maryland Agricultural College	College Station	Maryland	1856	1859	William H. Parker				7	0	75																	4	40					1,500	100,000	112,500	6,800	12,000	6,000	June 24	Enrollment is the average for both preparatory and scientific departments; Students for Maryland and the District of Columbia receive free tuition; Tuition fees receipts consists of average income from board of students.
Massachusetts Agricultural College	Amherst	Massachusetts	1863	1867	Levi Stockbridge				10		100	14			16			44			26			13	5	0	17	4	39	36	2,500			300	207,121	240,045	13,080	4,253		June 22	Resident faculty includes nonresident faculty.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Boston	Massachusetts	1861	1865	William B. Rogers, LL/D.				34	0	140	61	1		20	0		25	2		29	2		195	14	0	3	4	34	200					315,721	264,740	23,615	39,511		June 3	Partial course students include 43 students in the School of Mechanic Arts and 39 in the Lowell School of Practical Design.; Productive funds include income from rent and $1,050 from Boston University; Tuition fee receipts include incidental fees.
Michigan State Agricultural College	Lansing	Michigan	1855	1857	Theophilus C. Abbot, LL.D.	0	0	0	10	2	209	88	2		52	1		33	0		32	1		12	1	0	0	4	37	0	6,250		328	300	274,380	327,284	20,517	0	12,040	August 16	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.																					0	0	4	38											June 2	Scientific faculty, enrollment, library, and financial information reported with classical.
Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi	Starkville	Mississippi	1878	1880	Stephen D. Lee				11		240																	4	38	0					105,000	115,000			85,000	July 15	Enrollment is for all departments; tuition is free for residents; State appropriation is special for building and equipment. Scientific faculty, enrollment, library, and financial information reported with classical.
Agricultural and Mechanical department of Alcorn University	Rodney	Mississippi	1871	1871	Rev. Hiram R. Revels, D.D.																							4	39	0										June 15	Scientific faculty, enrollment, library, and financial information reported with classical.
Missouri Agricultural and Mechanical College (University of Missouri)	Columbia	Missouri	1870	1870	Samuel S. Laws, A.M.M.				12		60													92				4	36	20							4,380	500		June 2	Resident faculty includes nonresident faculty; Scientific students are reported with classical; scientific library and missing financial information reported with classical; Income from productive funds is from rents and leases of land; Scientific faculty
School of Mines and Metallurgy (University of Missouri)	Rolla	Missouri	1870	1871	Charles E. Wait, C.E.M.E., director	2	10	12	3		12	5			5			2						37				3	36	20	1,700	900	22		45,960		1,250	578	7,500	June 9
Industrial College of the University of Nebraska	Lincoln	Nebraska	1869	1871	Rev. Edmund B. Fairfield, S.T.D., LL.D., chancellor	4	1		10	0	8	5			3													4	37	0					25,000				8,000	June 9	Scientific faculty and library information reported with classical.
College of Agriculture (University of Nevada)	Elko	Nevada		1874	W.C. Dovey, principal																								42												Scientific faculty, enrollment, library, and financial information reported with classical.
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (Dartmouth College)	Hanover	New Hampshire	1866	1866	Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, D.D., LL.D.				7	6	43	15			12			16						1	0	12	22	3	38	30	1,200	1,000			63,000	100,000	6,000		3,000	June 28
Rutgers Scientific School (Rutgers College)	New Brunswick	New Jersey		1865	Rev. William H. Campbell, D.D., LL.D.				13	0	33	9	0		13	0		6	0		5	0		9		40	0	4	36	0									6,900	June 22	Tuition is free to holders of state scholarships, $75 to others; financial information recorded with classical; appropriation is income from land grant.
Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, Architecture, Mechanic Arts, & c. (Cornell University)	Ithaca	New York	1865	1868	Andrew Dixon White, LL.D.	0	0	0	47	2	330	87	8		77	14		80	8		60	5				128	0	345	37	0					253,509					June 16	Faculty, graduate students and scholarships are reported with the classical department; tuition is free to holders of state scholarships, $75 to others; missing financial information is reported with classical; value of physical plant is value of equipment.
United States Military Academy	West Point	New York	1802	1802	Brevet Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, U.S.A. superintendent	0	0	0	51		230	69			68			39			54			0	0	0	0	4	52		28,208	2,338	458		2,500,000				319,547	June 10	Value of physical plant as reported for 1879; appropriation is Congressional.
Agricultural and Mechanical College (University of North Carolina)	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	1789	1875	Hon. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D.	0	0	0	6	1	16	5			4			6			1			8		98	3	4	40	75	2,000	500				130,000	7,500			June 2	Scholarship, physical plant, amount of productive funds, and tuition fee receipts reported with classical.
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College	Columbus	Ohio	1870	1873	Edward Orton, PD.D.	7	74	19	13	0	60	7	1		11	1		18	1		19	2		62	2			4	37	15	1,600	500			500,000	559,628	33,923	3,798	20,573	June 22	Tuition is for incidental fees.
State Agricultural College	Corvallis	Oregon	1872	1872	B.L. Arnold, A.M.	1			3		60															60		4	40						10,000	60,000	5,000			June 1	Faculty, enrollment, scholarship, library and financial information recorded with Corvallis College in classical.
Pennsylvania State College	State College	Pennsylvania	1854	1859	Joseph Shortlidge, A.M.	5	61	19	10		52	21	1		11	2		11	1		5			8	4			4	40	0	3,000				532,000	500,000	30,000	0	0	June 30
Agricultural and Scientific Department (Brown University)	Providence	Rhode Island		1869	Rev. E.G. Robinson, D.D., LL.D.																					46			40							50,000				June 15	Faculty, enrollment and library information reported with classical; Income from productive funds are agricultural funds only.
South Carolina Agricultural College and Mechanics' Institute (Claflin University)	Orangeburg	South Carolina	1869/1872	1870/1874	Rev. Edward Cooke, A.M., D.D.																							4	33	0					10,000		5,000			June 9	Faculty, enrollment and library information reported with classical.
University of Tennessee and State Agricultural College	Knoxville	Tennessee	1807/1869	1808/1869	Rev. Thomas W. Humes, S.T.D.			0		0																275	0	4	40	30						396,000	23,760			June	Faculty, enrollment, scholarships and library information reported with classical; Value and income from productive funds are for agricultural funds only.
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College	Burlington	Vermont	1791/1865	1800/1865	Matthew H. Buckham, D.D.	0	0	0	8	1	16	4	1		4	0		3	0		2	2		2	0	0	17	4	38	45							8,130			June 29	Scholarships, library and financial information reported with classical; income from productive funds are for agricultural funds.
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College	Blacksburg	Virginia	1872	1872	John L. Buchanan	1	12	0	5	0	92	12	0		48	0		22	0		10	0		4	0	200	0	4	43	0	700	200	20	50	100,000	360,000	20,000	100	0	August 9	Tuition is free for state students, $40 to others.
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute	Hampton	Virginia	1870	1868	Samuel C. Armstrong (principal)				30		354															100	44	3	36	0	2,300	350	57	0	262,320	55,288	4,228	0	10,329	May 19	Faculty and enrollment include normal department; Number of scholarships and library information are from 1879 Commissioner's Report; Value of productive fund does not include amount arising from sale of congressional land grant; Under receipts for tuition
Agricultural department of West Virginia University	Morgantown	West Virginia	1867	1867	Rev. J.R. Thompson, A.M.																				0	60		2	41	24										June 9	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.					0	95	34	4		16	3		24	2		9	3			0	0	10	4	38	0										June 21	Partial course students reported with classical; Scholarship, library and financial information reported with classical.
State Agricultural College	Fort Collins	Colorado	1877	1879	E.E. Edwards, PH.D.				3		39	25	14											12				4	36	0	116	350			20,000				13,000	July 9	For amount of productive funds - Endowment is the congressional grant to agricultural colleges amounting in Colorado to 90,000 acres, but not yet sold; Receipts from state appropriation - 1/5 of 1 mill tax amounting to about $13,000 for the year 1880.
Southwest Georgia Agricultural College (University of Georgia)	Cuthbert	Georgia	1879	1879	Vincent T. Sanford, A.M.	4	157				21	8			13														42	10							2,000			June 29	Tuition is incidental fees; Productive funds consists of the amount received annually from the income of the public land scrip fund.
Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural College (University of Georgia)	Milledgeville	Georgia		1880	W.S. Dudley, M.D.	5	150	160	3		41			36			3											4	40	10	2,000	350		0	95,000		2,000		4,000		Tuition is incidental fees; Productive funds consists of the amount received annually from the income of the public land scrip fund; Appropriation is from city and county and other sources.
South Georgia College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (University of Georgia)	Thomasville	Georgia	1879	1879	Oscar D. Scott	4	152				18	15			3														40	10					10,000		2,000				Faculty listed is for all departments; Tuition is incidental fees; Productive funds consists of the amount received annually from the income of the public land scrip fund.
South Carolina College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts	Columbia	South Carolina		1880	William Porcher Miles				5		66																		36	15	26,500	1,500					6,508				Tuition is incidental fees.
State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas	College Station	Texas	1871	1876	John Garland James	0	0	0	9	0	144														0	0	0		38	33	1,090	300			212,000	209,000	14,280	4,752	7,500	June 22
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	Volumes in society libraries	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 1880, 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, 1882), 677 – 689.

1880 Land-Grant Colleges

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