Published
May 14, 2013
Community colleges do not traditionally boast high completion rates, but there are many ideas in the works at schools across the country to bring those rates up. We look at a few that are making headlines today.
Town
|
College
|
# Students
|
Aurora |
Anthem College-Denver (Private for-profit) |
326 |
Aurora |
Everest College-Aurora (Private for-profit) |
763 |
Aurora |
Platt College (Aurora) (Private, for profit) |
138 |
Aurora |
Community College of Aurora (Public) |
6,600 |
Aurora |
Concorde Career Colleges (Aurora) (Private for-profit) |
986 |
Boulder |
Boulder College of Massage Therapy (Private not-for-profit) |
152 |
Broomfield |
Redstone College (Private for-profit) |
736 |
Colorado Springs |
College America-Colorado Springs (Private for-profit) |
701 |
Colorado Springs |
155 |
|
Colorado Springs |
Pikes Peak Community College (Public) |
15,242 |
Colorado Springs |
Intellitec Medical Institute (Private for-profit) |
488 |
Colorado Springs |
Everest College (Public) |
723 |
Colorado Springs |
Intellitec College-Colorado Springs (Private for-profit) |
671 |
Colorado Springs |
171 |
|
Denver |
Westwood College-Denver South (Private, for-profit) |
490 |
Denver |
Johnson & Wales University-Denver (Private not-for-profit) |
1,532 |
Denver |
Teikyo Loretto Heights University (Private, not-for-profit) |
381 |
Denver |
Westwood College-Denver North (Private, for-profit) |
5,970 |
Denver |
Pima Medical Institute (Denver) (Private for-profit) |
995 |
Denver |
Heritage College-Denver (Private for-profit) |
645 |
Denver |
College America-Denver (Private for-profit) |
797 |
Denver |
Community College of Denver (Public) |
12,711 |
Denver |
Lincoln College of Technology (Denver) (Private for-profit) |
1,215 |
Denver |
Bel-Rea Institute Of Animal Technology (Private for-profit) |
887 |
Fort Morgan |
Morgan Community College (Public) |
1,898 |
Fort Collins |
Institute of Business and Medical Careers (Private for-profit) |
303 |
Glenwood Springs |
Colorado Mountain College (Public) |
22,000 |
Grand Junction |
Intellitec College-Grand Junction (Private for-profit) |
736 |
Greeley |
Aims Community College (Public) |
4,622 |
La Junta |
Otero Junior College (Public) |
1,705 |
Lakewood |
Colorado School of Trades (Private for-profit) |
162 |
Lakewood |
Red Rocks Community College (Public) |
9,613 |
Lakewood |
Colorado School of Healing Arts (Private for-profit) |
202 |
Lamar |
Lamar Community College (Public) |
972 |
Littleton |
Arapahoe Community College (Public) |
9,800 |
Pueblo |
Pueblo Community College (Public) |
7,259 |
Rangely |
1,196 |
|
Sterling |
Northeastern Junior College (Public) |
1,773 |
Thornton |
Kaplan College-Denver (Private for-profit) |
191 |
Thornton |
Everest College (Public) |
636 |
Trinidad |
Trinidad State Junior College (Public) |
1,920 |
Westminster |
Prince Institute (Private, for profit) |
130 |
Westminster |
Front Range Community College (Public) |
19,639 |
Westminster |
DeVry University-Colorado (Private, for-profit) |
1,308 |
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Online Community College ClassesNote: Data has been gathered from the Dept. of Education, schools, and commercial data sources.