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| | Metro State | College Fact Sheet |
 | | Now 40 years old, Metro State boasts more than 57,000 alumni, 90 percent of whom stay in Colorado after graduation putting their education to work as teachers, business owners, pilots, scientists, nurses and more, as well as entering our state’s and other fine graduate schools to study medicine, law and other disciplines requiring advanced degrees. |
 | | In the classroom, Metro State student-athletes have a graduation rate of 67 percent,* and among their recent academic accolades is the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s All-Academic Award given to the 2004-05 men’s and women’s soccer teams. |
 | | Metro State has the greatest number of low-income students** in the state, a fact that drives its ranking as having the lowest tuition of the state’s five largest institutions. |
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