Plymouth State University is a coeducational, residential university with an enrollment of approximately 4,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students. Plymouth State was founded in 1871 and over the years has expanded to 170 acres and forty-six buildings. During its history, the institution has evolved from a normal school to a teachers' college to a state college and in 2003 to a state university. Plymouth State preserves the brick-and-ivy look of its New England small-college heritage while integrating state-of-the-art technology and facilities into an attractive, contemporary campus design