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Colorado's Public Institutions

Metropolitan State College of Denver
www.mscd.edu
Location: Downtown Denver
Enrollment: 18,432
Schools & Colleges: Business; letters, arts and sciences; professional studies.

•Ranked one of the top public comprehensive baccalaureate colleges in the western U.S. in 2003 by "U.S. News & World Report" in its annual "America's Best Colleges" survey.
•Third-largest institution of higher education in Colorado.

University of Colorado at Denver
www.cudenver.edu
Location: Downtown Denver
Enrollment: 11,760
Schools & Colleges: Architecture and planning; arts & media; business; education; engineering and applied science; liberal arts and sciences; public affairs.

•Denver's only comprehensive public research university.
•CU-Denver offers extensive online, weekend and evening courses, as well as part-time study programs designed to help busy professionals develop their skills and enhance their careers.

University of Northern Colorado
www.unco.edu
Location: Greeley
Enrollment: 10,982
Schools & Colleges: Arts and sciences; business administration; education; health and human sciences; performing and visual arts.

•College of Education is considered the premier education institution in Colorado.
•Listed for three straight years in "America's Guide to 100 Best College Buys."

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
www.uccs.edu
Location: Colorado Springs
Enrollment: 4,707
Schools & Colleges: Letters, arts and sciences; engineering and applied sciences; nursing and health sciences; business and administration; education; graduate school for public affairs.

•In recent years, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities named CU-Colorado Springs one of two national leaders in community engagement efforts.
•"U.S. News & World Report" named CU-Colorado Springs a top Western public university.

Mesa State College
www.mesastate.edu
Location: Grand Junction
Enrollment: 5,560
Schools & Colleges: Business and professional studies; humanities and social sciences; natural sciences & mathematics; applied technology.

•Mesa State offers the lowest tuition and fees in the state.
•Student-published Horizon Magazine is among three finalists (out of 2,700 entries) in the nation for a national merit award
presented by the Society of Professional Journalists.

United States Air Force Academy
www.usafa.af.mil
Location: Colorado Springs
Enrollment: 4,000
Degree Programs: Academic programs provide 30 majors in the sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, and military art and science.

•As one of the U.S. military academies, the Air Force Academy provides cadets a program of intellectual, professional, physical, and character development designed to prepare them to be air and space leaders.
•Since its inception in 1954, 31 cadets have earned Rhodes Scholarships, 92 have been accepted as Guggenheim Fellows, 70 have been selected as National Science Foundation Fellows and 30 cadets have accepted Fulbright-Hays Scholarships.

Colorado State University, Pueblo
www.colostate-pueblo.edu
Location: Pueblo
Enrollment: 4,000
Schools & Colleges: Education, engineering & professional studies; humanities & social sciences; science & mathematics; business.

•Formerly known as the University of Southern Colorado, CSU-Pueblo changed its name in the summer of 2003 to designate its affiliation with the Colorado State University system.
•In 2003, CSU-Pueblo had more students per capita pass the Certified Public Accounting exam than any other school in the state.

Western State College
www.western.edu
Location: Gunnison
Enrollment: 2,500
Degree programs: Anthropology, accounting, art, biology, business administration, chemistry, communication and theatre, computer information science, economics, education, English, environmental studies, geology, history, interdisciplinary studies/liberal arts, kinesiology, math, music, political science, psychology, recreation, sociology, Spanish.

•Recently released a series of online courses to provide soft-skills training for areas such as team building and customer service, as well as personal issues like managing stress and personal finance.
•No longer governed by the Trustees of the State Colleges of Colorado, Western State is now governed by its own independent nine-member board of trustees.

Adams State College
www.adams.edu
Location: Alamosa
Enrollment: 2,500
Schools & Colleges: Education and graduate studies; arts and letters; science, mathematics & technology; business.

•High teacher/student ratio: Two thirds of the classes have 20 students or fewer and there is one full-time faculty member for every 20 students.
•Upward Bound - a pre-collegiate program of rigorous academic instruction, individual tutoring and counseling for low-income, first generation, college potential, high school students - was recently awarded a perfect score from the U.S. Department of Education.