was able to grant bachelor's degrees, and thus renamed "New Haven State Teacher's College". Graduate degrees were offered starting in 1954, a year after the school moved to its current campus on Crescent St.
New Haven State Teacher's College became "Southern Connecticut State College" in 1959. In March 1983 the school was renamed "Southern Connecticut State University" and made part of the Connecticut State University System.
== Campus ==
Southern has one campus located at 501 Crescent Street, in New Haven, bordering parts of Hamden, Connecticut. Fitch Street separates the academic and residential sections of the campus. As part of an effort to expand on the university's science programs, the laboratory science building was opened in 2015. The four-story building specializes with cancer research, physics and optics, along with other fields of sciences. The School of Business was moved from the renovated former student center to the new building on Wintergreen and Farnham Ave in Summer 2023. The building is …
