Nestled alongside the Cache La Poudre River at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins is home to approximately 167,830 residents as of 2019. Colorado State University is the city’s largest employer and is Colorado’s second largest public university, enrolling 25,000 students each academic year.
Fort Collins is the business center of Northern Colorado. It is the area’s center for government, retail trade, the arts, health care, education, and employment with the region’s largest and best educated workforce.
A blend of innovative manufacturing and high tech firms, an educated population, research facilities, and a first-rate research university that emphasizes commercialization of research makes Fort Collins one of the nation’s most innovative and entrepreneurial communities.