Fort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado, and the only institution in the Four Corners region offering four-year and graduate studies. It has operated in different forms as a U.S. military fort and an Indian boarding school before becoming a public college, and it provides tuition-free education to qualified Native American Tribal and Alaska Native Village members under a 1911 mandate. The college is designated as a Native American-Serving, Non-Tribal Institution and is recognized by Colorado as a First Generation-Serving Institution and as an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution.