Colorado College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Colorado College, also known as CC, is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. It was founded in the year 1874 by General William Jackson Palmer. The college campus occupies over 90 acres of land. CC offers its students degrees and certificate programs in a wide variety of academic areas including environmental science, biology, neuroscience, religion, and comparative literature, among others.

The Greek fraternities and sororities in Colorado College include Delta Gamma, Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Chi, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Students also participate in other clubs and organizations such as the Asian American Student Union, Queer Straight Alliance, CC Cycling Club, Black Student Union, and Help Ignorance Vanish.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, liberal arts, fine arts, religion and philosophy, and conservation and resource management.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,026 in 2009-2010 (2,277 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 93% of enrolled students and graduate students are 7%.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Colorado College provides on-campus housing for 1,532 of its 2,277 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 26 male students received the aid (men were 55% of those receiving aid) and 21 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 45% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Colorado College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (7 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (42 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

FINE ARTS (31 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (267 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• International Economics
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Regional Studies (US, Canadian, Foreign)
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics

MEDICINE (8 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (9 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (31 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (95 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (19 awarded)

• Psychology