List of colleges and universities in Colorado
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This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. State of Colorado which range in age and focus of programs.[1] This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education. The State Commission data is also provided.
Colorado Commission on Higher Education[]
This table includes Locations, Governance, Institution Focus(es), The Enrollment Head count (the sum of undergraduate and graduate students), the number of Full-time equivalent students, and the percentage of these students which qualify as residents of the State.
Institution | Location | Institution Focus(es) | Fall 2008 Enrollment Head count | 2008 Full-time equivalent students | Full Time Residency Percentage | Part Time Residency Percentage | Public/Private | 2-Year/4-Year |
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Adams State University | Alamosa[1] | A general baccalaureate institution with moderately selective admission standards[1] | 2338[1] | 1919[1] | 87[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Aims Community College | Greeley, Loveland, Fort Lupton, Windsor | A two-year college with open admission standards | 2823 | 1009 | Public | 2-Year | ||
Colorado Mesa University | Grand Junction | A comprehensive graduate university with moderately selective admission standards[1] | 6205[1] | 5058[1] | 91[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Colorado School of Mines | Golden | A specialized baccalaureate and graduate research institution with high admission standards; first public institution of higher education to open doors in Colorado (in 1874)[1] | 4704[1] | 4325[1] | 69[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Colorado State University | Fort Collins | A comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards; one of 68 land‐grant institutions founded by the Morrill Act of 1862[1] | 25496[1] | 22312[1] | 82[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Colorado State University Pueblo | Pueblo | A regional, comprehensive institution with moderately selective admission standards[1] | 4633[1] | 3806[1] | 94[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Fort Lewis College | Durango | A public liberal arts institution with selective admission standards[1] | 3740[1] | 3530[1] | 72[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Metropolitan State University of Denver | Denver | A comprehensive baccalaureate institution with modified open admission standards[1] | 21469[1] | 16165[1] | 97[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder | A comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards[1] | 30623[1] | 26815[1] | 67[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
University of Colorado Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs | A comprehensive university with selective admission standards[1] | 8010[1] | 6606[1] | 92[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Pikes Peak Community College | Colorado Springs | A two-year college with open admission standards | Public | 2-Year | ||||
University of Colorado Denver | Denver and Aurora | An urban comprehensive undergraduate and graduate research university with selective admission standards[1] | 16283[1] | 13217[1] | 90[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
University of Colorado South Denver | Parker | Public | 4-Year | |||||
University of Northern Colorado | Greeley | A comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research university with selective admission standards[1] | 11130[1] | 9691[1] | 88[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Western Colorado University | Gunnison | A general baccalaureate institution with moderately selective admission standards[1] | 2110[1] | 1875[1] | 97[1] | Public | 4-Year | |
Colorado Community College System | A state system of 13 community and technical colleges with open admission standards[1] | 71825[1] | 48004[1] | 33[1] | 67[1] | Public | 2-Year | |
Colorado Mountain College | Glenwood Springs | A two‐year local district college with open admission standards[1] | 5092[1] | 2766[1] | 24[1] | 76[1] | Public | 2-Year |
Four-year Institutions[]
School | Location | Control | Carnegie Classification | Enrollment
(2019)[2] |
Founded[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams State University | Alamosa | Public | Doctoral University | 3,055 | 1921 |
Colorado Mesa University | Grand Junction | Public | Doctoral University | 9,492 | 1925 |
Colorado School of Mines | Golden | Public | Doctoral University | 6,268 | 1874 |
Fort Lewis College | Durango | Public | Masters University | 3,320 | 1911 |
Metropolitan State University of Denver | Denver | Public | Masters University | 20,192 | 1965 |
University of Northern Colorado | Greeley | Public | Doctoral University | 12,862 | 1889 |
Western Colorado University | Gunnison | Public | Masters University | 3,039 | 1901 |
Colorado State University | Fort Collins | Public | Doctoral University | 33,694 | 1870 |
Colorado State University Pueblo | Pueblo | Public | Doctoral University | 6,736 | 1870 |
Colorado State University Global | Greenwood Village | Public | Doctoral University | 1870 | |
University of Colorado | Boulder | Public | Doctoral University | 36,548 | 1876 |
University of Colorado | Colorado Springs | Public | Doctoral University | 12,435 | 1876 |
University of Colorado | Denver, Aurora | Public | Doctoral University | 25,545 | 1876 |
University of Colorado | Parker | Public | Doctoral University | 1876 | |
United States Air Force Academy | Colorado Springs | Public | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 4,336 | 1954 |
Colorado Christian University | Lakewood | Private (Not For Profit) | Masters University | 6,677 | 1914 |
Colorado College | Colorado Springs | Private (Not For Profit) | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 2,144 | 1874 |
Columbia College of Missouri | Centennial | Private (Not For Profit) | Masters University | 4,469 | 1851 |
Johnson & Wales University | Denver | Private (Not For Profit) | Masters University | 7,360 | 1914 |
Nazarene Bible College | Colorado Springs | Private (Not For Profit) | Faith-related Institution | 731 | 1967 |
Naropa University | Boulder | Private (Not For Profit) | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 953 | 1974 |
Regis University | Denver | Private (Not For Profit) | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 7,907 | 1877 |
University of Denver | Denver | Private (Not For Profit) | Doctoral University | 11,952 | 1864 |
CollegeAmerica | Fort Collins, Denver, Colorado Springs | Private (Not For Profit) | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 123 | 1964 |
Colorado Technical University | Aurora, Colorado Springs | Private (For Profit) | Doctoral University | 26,184 | 1965 |
DeVry University | Westminster | Private (For Profit) | Masters University | 17,364 | 1931 |
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design | Denver | Private (For Profit) | Masters University | 1,054 | 1963 |
William Howard Taft University | Denver | Private (For Profit) | Doctoral University | 1976 |
Defunct Private Colleges and Universities[]
School | Location | Control | Carnegie Classification | Founded[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Colorado Heights University | Denver | Private (Not For Profit) | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 1989 |
Jones International University | Centennial | Private For Profit) | Masters University | 1993 |
National American University | Centennial, Colorado Springs, Denver | Private (For Profit) | Masters University | 1941 |
State institutions[]
Two-year institutions[]
- Aims Community College
- Loveland Campus
- Windsor Campus
- Fort Lupton Campus
- Arapahoe Community College
- Parker Campus
- Castle Rock Campus
- Colorado Mountain College
- Residential Campuses
- Leadville Residential Campus, Leadville
- Roaring Fork Residential Campus in Spring Valley
- Steamboat Residential Campus,
- Community Campuses
- Aspen Campus, Aspen
- Summit Campus, Breckenridge and Dillon
- Timberline Campus, Buena Vista and Salida
- Roaring Fork Campus, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs
- Vail-Eagle Valley Campus, Edwards and Eagle
- Rifle Campus, Rifle
- Residential Campuses
- Colorado Northwestern Community College
- Community College of Aurora
- Community College of Denver
- Front Range Community College
- Boulder County Campus, Longmont, Colorado
- Larimer Campus, Ft. Collins, Colorado
- Westminster Campus, Westminster, Colorado
- Brighton Center, Brighton, Colorado
- Lamar Community College
- Morgan Community College
- Northeastern Junior College
- Otero College[4]
- Pikes Peak Community College
- Pueblo Community College
- Fremont Campus, Cañon City
- Southwest Campus, Mancos
- Red Rocks Community College
- Trinidad State College[4]
- Trinidad Campus, Trinidad
- Alamosa Campus, Alamosa
- Western Colorado Community College
- Bishop Campus, Grand Junction
Two-year, for-profit, regionally accredited institutions[]
- Lincoln College of Technology in Denver[5]
See also[]
- Outline of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- Colorado Community College System
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
- Wikimedia Commons: Universities and colleges in Colorado
References[]
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- ^ Enrollment is the total enrollment as reported by IPEDS for fall 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. News & World Report. "America's Best Colleges 2008". Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "An act concerning removing the word "junior" from the name of certain colleges". Act of May 18, 2021 (PDF). Colorado General Assembly.
- ^ "LincolnEdu".
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