Colorado Springs , Colorado , United States
Total Students
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The University of Colorado Colorado Springs has a history as rich as the views our campus overlooks. As early as the 1920s, the University of Colorado offered courses at numerous Colorado Springs locations. However, when George J. Dwire sold the 80-acre Cragmor Sanitarium to the University of Colorado for $1, the campus we call home now was born. From 1965 to 1972, the Colorado Springs Center operated as a division of the CU Boulder campus, however UCCS was recognized as a distinct campus in 1974, along with two Denver campuses.
Known for its healthy climate, an early Colorado Springs slowly became known as a mecca for health, starting when General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs, gave Dr. Edwin Solly 100 acres of land on Austin Bluffs, along with $50,000 to start a tuberculosis sanitarium. Working with one of Colorado’s most famous architects in Thomas MacLaren, Solly helped create the Cragmor Sanitarium. That building still stands to this day and is what we at UCCS call Main Hall.
UCCS grew over the years, and in 1996 the first on-campus student housing opened. The next year, a community referendum merged the city-owned Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences with the campus. During the 2010-2011 new branding campaign, "at" was removed from the official UCCS name (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) to become University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
The initial university programs of engineering and business still serve as pillars of the university. Those programs are joined by a broad range of degree programs offered in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as professional programs in nursing, education and public affairs, meet the needs of Colorado's second-largest metropolitan area and beyond. From its original 80 acres, UCCS has added 450 additional acres along Austin Bluffs Parkway and North Nevada Avenue. Development of the North Nevada Avenue corridor continues, with the recent construction of the Ent Center for the Arts.
Remains from approximately 30 sites used by Plains Indians from about 100 A.D. to 1400 A.D. dot the campus grounds. The cultural heritage of the area is witnessed not only architecturally and in diverse ecological phenomena but also in the significant prehistoric archeological components observable throughout the campus acreage.
UCCS is home to more than 12,000 driven students, more than 800 experienced faculty members, and more than 800 devoted staff members. On our awe-inspiring campus, we focus on providing an academically excellent environment at a value to students across the United States, and more than 80 nations.
The experience our students gain at UCCS provides an incredible service to our community of Colorado Springs and the greater southern Colorado region as a whole, with UCCS contributing about $600 million each year in economic impact in El Paso County alone.
SUCCESS AT UCCS
To finance their educations, UCCS students borrow an average of $16,854, which is one-third less than the national average.
About one-third of UCCS undergrads come from families considered low-income.
About half of all UCCS freshmen earn degrees in six years.
UCCS students come from all 50 states and 82 different nations.
Our graduates repay their federal student loans. Their default rate is consistently less than the national average.
Our graduates are committed to Colorado, with more than 65 percent living in the state post-graduation.
THE Ranking::
1201
QS Ranking::
N/A
Type of Accommodation::
On Campus
Annual Cost of living:
14000 USD / year
Average Annual UG Fee:
27158 USD
Average Annual PG Fee:
25680 USD
Application Fee:
N/A