Students have a selection of a variety of programs that are sure to have something for everyone. The
following listings provide information about area community colleges, four-year public and private
universities and technical/vocational schools.
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Arapahoe Community College (ACC)
5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, 80160
303-797-4222; www.arapahoe.edu
Arapahoe Community College (ACC)
offers more than 100 degree and certificate
programs, as well as guaranteed transfer
programs to Colorado public four-year institutions. ACC is accessible to all students,
with the lowest tuition among Colorado’s
state-funded schools and financial aid and
scholarships. The school is also convenient
for students, with locations in Littleton,
Parker and Castle Rock, as well as a wide
variety of online options. The school focuses
on recruiting faculty that care, providing
career services and ensuring small class sizes.
ACC was the Denver metro area’s first 2-year
college, with a history that goes back to 1965.
Community College of Aurora
1600 E. Centre Tech Pkwy., Aurora, 80011
303-360-4700; www.ccaurora.edu
More than 5,500 students are enrolled at
the Community College of Aurora’s two
campuses. The main campus is on East
Centre Tech Parkway and the Lowry Campus
is on East 10th Place. The college specializes in transfer and vocational education
and has more than 40 degree and certificate
programs. Community College of Aurora
accommodates adult students in both traditional and nontraditional education, as well
as online courses. The school offers tuition
and fees that are about half of what students
pay at a public or private university.
Community College of Denver (CCD)
1111 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, 80204
303-556-2600; www.ccd.edu
Community College of Denver is one of
the city’s best-known community colleges.
Programs and strategies that promote
access—as well as academic and personal
success for underserved students—are the
foundation of CCD operations. The college
offers more than 100 degree and certificate
programs with flexible classes to fit anyone’s
schedule. The college’s main site is located
on the Auraria campus downtown; it also
has four community campuses. Together the
campuses serve more than 14,000 students.
CCD is dedicated to expanding access,
particularly for underserved first-generation
and minority students. Nearly 50 percent of
CCD students are first-generation and over
60 percent qualify for financial aid. Over
50 percent of CCD’s students are members
of a minority group and the average age of
the students is about 25. CCD’s broad array
of students includes: high school students
taking CCD classes in the Postsecondary
Enrollment Options (PSEO) program;
recent high school graduates or GED
recipients; adults who are or have been in
the workforce, but have come to CCD for
retraining or a career change; first-generation, low-income, minority students of all
ages who never saw college as a possibility;
adults with a degree who are in search of a
new career; and international students representing over 70 countries.
Front Range Community College
2190 Miller Drive, Longmont, 80501
303-678-3722; www.frontrange.edu
1931 E. Bridge St., Brighton, 80601
303-404-5099; www.frontrange.edu
4616 S. Shields St., Fort Collins, 80526
970-226-2500; www.frontrange.edu
3645 W. 112th Ave., Westminster, 80031
303-404-5000; www.frontrange.edu
Colorado’s largest community college, Front
Range Community College is a comprehensive, two-year, state-supported community
college with an enrollment of more than
23,000. The school has four different campuses
and offers more than 100 degrees, occupational and technical programs, as well as a
full complement of transfer courses. Front
Range is actively engaged in online education,
offering more than 225 online courses and a
variety of hybrid courses, allowing students to
combine online and classroom learning.
Red Rocks Community College
13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood, 80228
303-914-6600; www.rrcc.edu
5420 Miller St., Arvada, 80002
303-914-6010; www.rrcc.edu
Located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains
in Lakewood, Colorado, Red Rocks Community College offers more than 150 programs
and 650 courses leading to two-year degrees
or professional certificates. Courses are delivered in formats from traditional classroom,
online, self-paced, and weekend classes. The
college serves more than 14,000 credit and
non-credit students at campuses in Lakewood and Arvada. A variety of special
programs the college offers include construction technology, film and video technology,
medical assisting and biotechnology. Some
of the college’s special features include:
qualified and accessible faculty, whose
primary responsibility is teaching; average
class sizes of fewer than 20 students; majors
in today’s hottest fields including health
careers, speech-language pathology and audiology, computer technology, fire science, law
enforcement, and many more; and flexible course schedules that fit around work
or home commitments. Support services
include free tutoring, advising, a childcare
center, disability services and English as a
Second Language services.
FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Colorado School of Mines (CSM)
1500 Illinois St., Golden, 80401
303-273-3000; www.mines.edu
Colorado School of Mines is a public
research university devoted to engineering
and applied science. It has the highest
admissions standards of any public university in Colorado and among the highest of
any public university in the U.S. Mines has
