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Central State(Central State University)

School colors: Maroon & gold

Emery Hall, Central State University
Nyttend, Taken on 30 May 2011, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Wilberforce, Ohio · Founded 1887 · Marauders

Public · Four-year · ~3,500 students

www.centralstate.edu · official site

Founding

Central State University dates its founding to 1887, when it began as the combined Normal and Industrial Department. It is today a public university in Wilberforce, Ohio.

Source: Our History and Traditions, Central State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Mascot
MaraudersSource, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
1400 Brush Row Rd, Wilberforce, OH 45384-1004
Control
Public
Students
~3,500 students
Directory id
201690
OPE id
00302600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1400 Brush Row Rd, Wilberforce, OH. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 39.715787, -83.880186 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 201690. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. Our History and Traditions, Central State University. https://www.centralstate.edu/about-csu/our-history-and-traditions. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. About, Central State University. https://www.centralstate.edu/about. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 3,454 total, Fall 2023 (3,429 undergraduate, 25 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Maroon & gold. Values as stated. Central State University, Wikipedia (revision 1370540964). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Nyttend, Taken on 30 May 2011, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emery_Hall.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

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