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Colorado Colleges Summary

Colorado has just over 100 colleges. Colorado has more than 300,000 college students, and has the 9th largest percentage of its population attending colleges and adult education institutions (more than 7%). A relatively low percentage of students in Colorado live in dorms (less than 15%). Only 9% of states have a smaller percentage of their students living in dorms.

Colorado colleges require a relatively high SAT score (greater than 1040) compared to the national average. Colorado has a lot of for-profit adult education schools with more than 50% of its schools being for-profit, higher than all but 5 other states. While less than 15% of the enrolled students attend for-profit schools, this is still higher than all but 3 other states.

The University of Colorado is the largest school in the state, with over 45,000 students and locations in Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs. The United States Air Force Academy is also in Colorado, just 14 miles north of Colorado Springs.

The State Department of Education for Colorado is located in Denver at 201 East Colfax Avenue. The web site for the Colorado DOE is http://www.cde.state.co.us/.

Colorado Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Academy of Beauty CultureGrand Junction52 Yes 
Adams State CollegeAlamosa9,1571,120No 
Aims Community CollegeGreeley4,455 Yes 
Americana Beauty College #2Colorado Springs38 Yes 
Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton7,132 Yes 
Argosy UniversityDenver  Yes 
Artistic Beauty CollegesArvada, Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton, Thornton, Westminster  Yes 
Artistic Beauty Colleges - ArvadaArvada70 Yes 
Artistic Beauty Colleges - LakewoodLakewood59 Yes 
Artistic Beauty Colleges - ThorntonThornton77 Yes 
Artistic Beauty Colleges - WestminsterWestminster38 Yes 
Bel - Rea Institute of Animal TechnologyDenver670 No 
Boulder College of Massage TherapyBoulder220 Yes 
Cambridge CollegeAurora  Yes 
Cheeks International Academy of Beauty CultureFort Collins58 Yes 
Cheeks International Academy of Beauty CultureGreeley39 Yes 
CollegeAmericaColorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins  Yes 
Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood2,122675NoV: 510-630
M: 480-590
Colorado CollegeColorado Springs2,0161,503NoV: 610-710
M: 610-690
Colorado Mountain CollegeGlenwood Springs5,682620Yes 
Colorado Northwestern Community CollegeRangely1,518300Yes 
Colorado School of Healing ArtsLakewood241 Yes 
Colorado School of MinesGolden4,3181,025NoV: 550-650
M: 600-690
Colorado School of Professional PsychologyColorado Springs154 No 
Colorado School of TradesLakewood125 Yes 
Colorado School of Traditional Chinese MedicineDenver118 No 
Colorado State UniversityFort Collins27,7804,800NoV: 500-610
M: 510-620
Colorado State University - PuebloPueblo5,870477Yes 
Colorado Technical UniversityColorado Springs, Greenwood Village, Pueblo, Westminster  Yes 
Colorado Technical University Institute For Advanced StudiesColorado Springs  Yes 
Community College of AuroraAurora5,477 Yes 
Community College of DenverDenver8,909 Yes 
Concorde Career InstituteAurora503 No 
Cortiva Institute - ColoradoBroomfield2 Yes 
Delta Montrose Technical CollegeDelta342 Yes 
Denver Academy of Court ReportingWestminster246 Yes 
Denver Career CollegeThornton320 Yes 
Denver School of NursingDenver  Yes 
Denver SeminaryLittleton851188No 
DeVry UniversityColorado Springs  Yes 
DeVry UniversityColorado Springs  Yes 
DeVry UniversityDenver South, Westminster  Yes 
Emily Griffith Opportunity SchoolDenver4,192 Yes 
Everest CollegeAurora, Colorado Springs, Thornton  Yes 
Fort Lewis CollegeDurango3,9461,415NoV: 458-560
M: 450-550
Front Range Community CollegeWestminster14,957 Yes 
Glenwood Beauty AcademyGlenwood Springs56 No 
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary - EnglewoodCentennial  No 
Hair Dynamics Education CenterFort Collins147 Yes 
HealthONE - School of Medical TechnologyDenver20 No 
Heritage CollegeDenver496 Yes 
Iliff School of TheologyDenver32150No 
Institute of Business and Medical CareersFort Collins395 Yes 
Intellitec College - Colorado SpringsColorado Springs515 Yes 
Intellitec College - Grand JunctionGrand Junction486 Yes 
Intellitec Medical InstituteColorado Springs439 Yes 
International Beauty AcademyColorado Springs167 Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteThornton  Yes 
Johnson & Wales UniversityDenver  Yes 
Kaplan CollegeDenver  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityColorado Springs, Denver, Westminster  Yes 
Lamar Community CollegeLamar986189Yes 
Lincoln College of TechnologyDenver  Yes 
Mesa State CollegeGrand Junction6,062996NoV: 430-540
M: 430-540
Metropolitan State College of DenverDenver21,010 NoV: 450-560
M: 440-560
Montessori Education Center of the RockiesBoulder76 No 
Morgan Community CollegeFort Morgan1,747 Yes 
Naropa UniversityBoulder1,22258No 
National American University CampusColorado Springs, Denver  Yes 
Nazarene Bible CollegeColorado Springs532 No 
Northeastern Junior CollegeSterling2,859465Yes 
Ohio Center for Broadcasting - Colorado CampusLakewood162 Yes 
Otero Junior CollegeLa Junta1,636220Yes 
Parks College - AuroraAurora772 No 
Pikes Peak Community CollegeColorado Springs10,619 Yes 
Pima Medical InstituteDenver661 Yes 
Pima Medical Institute - Colorado SpringsColorado Springs278 Yes 
Pueblo Community CollegePueblo5,395 Yes 
Red Rocks Community CollegeLakewood6,600 Yes 
Redstone CollegeDenver  Yes 
Redstone CollegeBroomfield576 Yes 
Regis UniversityDenver11,566820NoV: 480-590
M: 460-570
Remington CollegeColorado Springs  Yes 
Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignLakewood45196No 
San Juan Basin Technical CollegeMancos1,102 Yes 
Southwest Acupuncture College - BoulderBoulder134 No 
T H Pickens Technical CenterAurora656 Yes 
TechSkillsGreenwood Village  Yes 
TechSkills - MedicalDenver  Yes 
Teikyo Loretto Heights UniversityDenver159232No 
The Art InstitutesDenver  Yes 
Toni & Guy Hairdressing AcademyColorado Springs70 No 
Trinidad State Junior CollegeTrinidad1,831313Yes 
United States Air Force AcademyUsafa4,4634,534NoV: 610-690
M: 630-710
University of Colorado at BoulderBoulder31,5895,744NoV: 530-630
M: 550-650
University of Colorado at Colorado SpringsColorado Springs9,333900NoV: 490-600
M: 480-590
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences CenterDenver19,766 NoV: 475-590
M: 470-590
University of DenverDenver10,3742,070NoV: 530-630
M: 530-640
University of Northern ColoradoGreeley13,6223,141NoV: 470-570
M: 460-571
University of PhoenixColorado Springs, Lone Tree  Yes 
Utah College of Massage TherapyAurora, Westminster  Yes 
Western State College of ColoradoGunnison2,2531,227NoV: 470-570
M: 450-560
Xenon International School of Hair Design IIIAurora120 No 
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical SeminaryDenver1596No 

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