| Name |
Colorado College |
| Address |
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 |
| Website |
http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu |
| Email |
admission@ColoradoCollege.edu |
| Percent Undergrad College Owned |
75% |
| Percent Fraternity |
N/A |
| Percent Sorority |
N/A |
| Percent Campus Weekends |
N/A |
| Offer Housing |
Yes |
| Percent Students College Housing |
75% |
| Campus Housing |
Yes |
| Off Campus Assistance |
No |
| Types Available |
coed dorms, women's dorms, men's dorms, fraternity housing, apartment for single students, special housing for disabled students, other housing options |
| College Owned Singles |
39% |
| College Owned Doubles |
38% |
| College Owned Triples |
2% |
| College Owned Apartments |
0% |
| College Owned Other |
21% |
| Num College Owned |
24 |
| Sprinkler System |
N/A |
| Fire Alarms |
N/A |
| High Speed Internet |
100% |
| Campus Size |
90 acres |
| Percent Weekends |
N/A |
| Nearest Airport |
Denver (70), Colorado Springs (10) |
| Nearest Train |
Denver (70) |
| Nearest Bus |
Colorado Springs (1) |
| Public Transport |
Yes |
| Cars Permitted |
No |
| Percent Cars |
35% |
| School Employment |
Yes |
| Percent Undergrads Employed |
N/A |
| Average Undergrad Earnings |
N/A |
| Freshmen Discouraged Working |
No |
| Army Rotc |
Offered at cooperating institution (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) |
| Navy Rotc |
N/A |
| Airforce Rotc |
N/A |
| Alcohol Permitted |
Yes |
| Additional Policies |
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited |
| Popular Events |
First-Year Outdoor Orientation (FOOT) Trips; Homecoming; Winter Ball; Llamapalooza (outdoor music festival); Dance Workshop Fall & Spring shows |
| Student Activities |
choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, yearbook |
| Num Organizations |
40 |
| Honor Societies |
Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Lambda Delta; Blue Key; Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha; Delta Epsilon; Pi Gamma Mu; Pi Sigma Alpha |
| Religious Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Baptist Student Union; Campus Crusade for Christ; Campus Pagan Association; CC Catholic Community; CC Prayer Warriors; Chaverim/Hillel; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Faculty and Faith; Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; Latter Day Saints Institute of Religion; The Mill (affiliated with New Life Church); Navigators; Shove Council; Seekers (at First Presbyterian Church); Spiritual Classics (reading group); Society of Friends; Unitarian Universalists; Young Life; Zen Buddhist Sangha |
| International Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Asian American Student Union; Native American Student Association; Black Student Union; SOMOS; EQUAL; South Asian Student Alliance |
| Other Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Colorado College Campus Association; Amnesty International; Aprender Mediante Amistad; BreakOut; Breckenridge Adaptive Ski; CARE; CC Community Kitchen; CC Cycling Team; CC Learning Initiative in the Mountains; CC Literacy Center; CC Shovokan Karate Association; Club Med; Educational Enrichment; EnAct; Film Workshop; Freeriders Union of Colorado College; Gorman Minority Scholars Program; KEEP; Mentoring At Risk Youth; Pass the Peace; Queer Straight Alliance; Raptor's Rescue; RISE; Sheltered Lives; Victim's Assistance Team; Volunteer Action; Yellow Bikes; Gamelan Orchestra; Arts & Crafts Committee; Dance Workshop; Film Series Committee; Forensics Club; The Leviathan (literary magazine); The Cipher (political and intellectual journal); The Nugget (yearbook); Great Performers & Ideas; Livesounds; Outdoor Recreation Committee; Theatre Workshop; Worner Programming Board; Div. 1 men's ice hockey and women's soccer; 16 Div. 3 intercollegiate sports; club and intramural sports |
| Student Papers |
(Appears as submitted by school) The Catalyst (weekly) |
| Num Frats |
3 |
| Frats Chapter Houses |
3 |
| Percent Frat Members |
N/A |
| Num Sororities |
3 |
| Sororities Chapter Houses |
3 |
| Percent Sorority Members |
N/A |
| Type |
Private institution |
| Year Founded |
1874 |
| Religious Affiliation |
None |
| Academic Calendar |
Semester |
| Undergrad Body |
1,977 |
| Setting |
Urban |
| Endowment |
407,922,042 |
| Application Deadline |
January 15 |
| Application Fee |
50 |
| Selectivity |
Most selective |
| Tuition |
32,124 |
| Room Board |
8,052 |
| Basic |
nonremedial tutoring, women's center, day care, health service, health insurance |
| Remedial |
writing, study skills |
| Counseling |
minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious |
| Career |
on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training |
| Job Six Months |
N/A |
| Job One Year |
N/A |
| Job Two Years |
N/A |
| Firms |
N/A |
| Library |
Yes |
| Library Consortia |
Yes |
| Num Books |
499,596 |
| Num Subscriptions |
2,567 |
| Num Microforms |
125,603 |
| Num Audiovisual |
21,181 |
| Num Ebooks |
4,190 |
| Library Facilities |
Music library; free access to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center library and collections; other college departmental libraries; Proespector (shared catalog and lending system for Colorado academic and public libraries); Center for Research libraries. |
| Museums |
Electronic music studio; Observatory; Extensive herbarium collection; 4 greenhouses; Environmental Science van equipped for field research; Fourier transform nuclear; magnetic resonance spectrometer; Packard Hall, 300 seat concert/lecture hall; Photography darkrooms; Drama/Dance: Armstrong Theatre, 740 seat proscenium theatre;
Armstrong 32, 100 seat experimental theatre; 4 dance studios w/Marley, variable speed cd players; Drama computer lab; Geology: Petrographic microscopes; X-ray diffractometer; Sedimentology lab; El Pomar Sports Center: Metabolic Equipment (COSMED Quark PFT Ergo); Hydrostatic Weighing Equipment; Cadaver study in Sports Science; Biology: Scanning electron microscope; Transmission electron microscope; Baca Campus in Southwest Colorado; Stabler-Gilmore Cabin in foothills west of Colorado Springs |
| Computer Course |
No |
| Own Computer |
No |
| Computers Available |
436 |
| Email Accounts |
Yes |
| Internet Access |
Yes |
| Computers Available In |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
| Num Wired Library |
400 |
| Num Wired Classrooms |
300 |
| Num Wired Labs |
40 |
| Num Wired Other |
200 |
| Wireless Network |
Yes |
| Wireless Areas |
in all the libraries, in all classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing, in all school buildings and on all school property |
| Wireless Capacity |
2,500 |
| Recommended Os |
Microsoft |
| Hosting Units |
100% |
| Student Webpages |
Yes |
| Online Registration |
Yes |
| Campus Safety |
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc) |
