Fitchburg State University, also called
Fitchburg State, is a four-year public institution of higher learning with a compact urban campus, in the city of
Fitchburg, Massachusetts,
United States. Fitchburg State University has over 3,500 undergraduate and over 1650 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment over 5200. The College offers
postgraduate certificates,
bachelor's degrees, and
master's degrees (including the
MBA) in more than 25 academic disciplines. The main campus, the McKay Campus School, and athletic fields occupy 79 acres (320,000 m²) in the city of Fitchburg; the biological study fields occupy 120 acres (490,000 m²) in the neighboring towns of
Lancaster,
Leominster, and
Lunenburg.