Colorado College

10 Interesting Facts about Colorado College

1. Colorado College (CC) is a private liberal arts college located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
2. The college was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell as the Colorado Springs Congregational College.
3. CC has an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 2,000 students and a student-faculty ratio of 10:1.
4. The college offers more than 80 majors, minors, and specialized programs in fields such as arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics.
5. CC has a distinctive academic program called the “Block Plan,” in which students take one course at a time for three-and-a-half weeks, allowing for more in-depth study and focused attention on each subject.
6. The college has a strong commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship, and it has received numerous awards for its sustainable practices and programs.
7. CC has a diverse student body, with students from all 50 U.S. states and more than 60 countries represented on campus.
8. The college has a strong athletic program, with 19 NCAA Division III varsity teams and numerous club and intramural sports.
9. CC has a number of unique traditions, including the annual “Primal Scream” at midnight before the first day of Block 1, when students gather in the quad and scream to release stress before the start of classes.
10. Notable alumni of Colorado College include former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner, and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.

Admission

Acceptance Rate

14%

Tuition & Fee

All Programs

Anthropology
Art
Asian Studies
Business, Economics, and Society (BESoc)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Classics
Classics-English
Classics-History-Politics
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Economics
Education
English
Environmental Studies Program
Feminist and Gender Studies
Film and Media Studies
French
Geology
German
History
History-Philosophy
History-Political Science
Independently Designed Major/IDM
International Political Economy
Italian
Mathematical Economics
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Music
Neuroscience
Organismal Biology and Ecology
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies
Religion
Russian and Eurasian Studies
Sociology
Southwest Studies
Spanish and Portuguese
Theatre and Dance

DEPARTMENTAL MINORS

Anthropology
Art
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chinese
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Education
English
Environmental Studies Program
Feminist and Gender Studies
French
German
History
Human Biology and Kinesiology
Italian
Japanese
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies
Religion
Russian and Eurasian Studies
Spanish and Portuguese
Southwest Studies
Theatre and Dance

THEMATIC MINORS

African-American Studies
African Studies
Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian Studies
Chicanx/Latinx Studies
Contemporary French Studies
European Studies
Global Health
Indigenous Studies
Journalism
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Linguistics
Medieval Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Modern Greece & Its Background
Museum Studies
Non-Violence
North American Studies
Performance Design
Psychoanalysis: Theories of the Unconscious
Renaissance Studies
Resource Systems in the American West
Revolutions
The Ancient World
The Arts: Theory and Practice
The Book
The Luso-Brazilian Studies
Urban Studies

Students

Full-Time Enrollment
2,190 Undergrads

Part-Time Undergrads
51