Colorado Technical University

Overview of Colorado Technical University

Colorado Technical University (CTU) provides an interesting and ambitious alternative vision of the American career institute. Founded in 1965 in the dusty, un-academic Colorado piedmont, it’s evolved in just over four decades from a technical education facility to a 6-campus mini-university offering degrees at all levels, from Professional Certificates to Associate’s degrees to PhDs in Computer Science. It even has an Institute for Advanced Studies. To be sure, its roots as a career school are still apparent in the courses that it teaches and it makes no secret of its for-profit status, or of the fact that most enrolled students work full-time jobs while going to CTU. But the breadth of its course offerings and its flexible and innovative delivery of practical, career-oriented education, especially through its DegreeNOW program, have made it an interesting player in the field. It is important to be aware, though, that not all six of its campuses offer the same educational programs. CTU has a couple of online affiliates: Stonecliffe College Online and Colorado Tech Online. All, including CTU itself, are owned by the Career Education Corporation.

Points of Distinction

Campuses: in Colorado -- Colorado Springs (main), Pueblo and Denver (2); in South Dakota -- Sioux Falls; in Missouri – N. Kansas City
DegreeNOW program allows students to juggle night, weekend and online studies and tailor their schooling to suit their private and professional lives
Programs levels from certificate to PhD

Areas of Study

CTU has six different branches and the programs they offer aren’t always identical, though they frequently do overlap. Programs are available in the areas of design, business/management, computers/information technology, criminal justice, health care, and visual communications. A subset of these programs are available online and some programs are available online and some are offered only at specific locales. The university offers Professional Certificates as well as associate’s and bachelor’s of science degrees, and various master’s degree and Ph.D. programs.

CTU Admissions

CTU requires a high school diploma, or GED, and an interview with an admissions representative. In some cases it may require undergraduate applicants to take a computerized placement test known as an Accuplacer exam, but, on the whole, its admissions process is geared to getting students in, not to keeping them out.

CTU Faculty

All have advanced degrees but combine their academic education with experience in the work force and a long-standing, practical familiarity with the subjects that they teach.

Student Life

Most of CTU’s curriculum is geared toward enhancing the career opportunities that are available to working professionals. Students, often employed either full- or part-time, commute to campus, and student life is limited for the most part to classroom interaction.

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Programs of Study

(Note: Not all programs are necessarily available at all locations.)

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Business And Management

Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Accounting
Business Administration
Business Administration - Accounting
Business Administration - Management
Business Administration - Marketing Management
Business Administration - Marketing and Sales
Business Administration: Executive MBA
Business Administration: Executive MBA
Business Administration: Human Resource Management
Business Administration: Logistics/Supply Chain Management
Business Administration: Management
Business Administration: Management
Business Administration: Management
Business Administration: Management
Business Administration: Marketing Management
Business Administration: Marketing Management
Business Administration: Marketing Management
Business Administration: Marketing and Sales
Business Administration: Marketing and Sales
Business Administration: Marketing and Sales
Business Administration: Project Management
Business Administration: Project Management
Business Administration: Project Management
Business Administration: Technology Management
Business Administration: Technology Management
Business Administration: Technology Management
Finance
Information Systems Management
Information Systems Management
Information Systems Management
Information Systems Management
Insurance and Risk Management
Management
Management: IT/Project Management
Management: IT/Project Management
Management: IT/Project Management
Management: IT/Project Management
Project Management
Project Management
Project Management
Project Management
Technology Management
e-Business
e-Business
e-Business
e-Business

Computer Science And Engineering

Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science with a concentration in Enterprise Information Systems Management
Computer Science: Computer Systems Security
Computer Science: Computer Systems Security
Computer Science: Computer Systems Security
Computer Science: Computer Systems Security
Computer Science: Database Systems
Computer Science: Database Systems
Computer Science: Software Engineering
Computer Science: Software Engineering
Computer Science: Software Engineering
Computer Science: Software Engineering
Computer Systems Security
Computer Systems Security
Computer Systems Security
Cybercrime Investigation
Enterprise Information Management
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
Management: Information Systems Security
Management: Information Systems Security/PM
Network Systems Security
Network Systems Security
Network Systems Security
Software Engineering

Design

Digital Media Design
Visual Communications
Visual Communications
Visual Communications
Visual Communications: Digital Design
Visual Communications: Digital Design
Visual Communications: Graphic Design
Visual Communications: Graphic Design
Visual Communications: Graphic Design

Engineering

Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Systems Engineering
Systems Engineering
Systems Engineering

Engineering Technician

Electronics Technology

Liberal Arts

General Studies
General Studies
General Studies
General Studies
General Studies

Medical Administration

Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology
Health Services Administration
Health Services Administration

Medical Support And Technology

Medical Assisting
Medical Assisting
Medical Billing and Coding
Medical Billing and Coding
Radiologic Technology
Surgical Technology
Surgical Technology
Surgical Technology

Nursing And Emergency Medicine

Nursing
Nursing
Practical Nursing

Security And Law Enforcement

Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Management: Criminal Justice
Management: Criminal Justice
Management: Criminal Justice
Management: Criminal Justice

Colorado Technical University Degrees or Coursework

(Note: Not all degrees and coursework are necessarily available for all programs of study.)

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Degrees or Coursework

Associate
Bachelor
Diploma
Doctorate
Master

Colorado Technical University Campus Locations

Colorado

Colorado Springs
Denver
Greenwood Village

Missouri

North Kansas City

South Dakota

Sioux Falls

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