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Community College of Denver

Denver, Colorado Public 4-year Large city

Overview

Community College of Denver is a public four-year institution in Denver, Colorado. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 7,965 students in fall 2024. It is part of Colorado Community College System.

Community College of Denver offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 81 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Early Childhood Education and Teaching, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. It awarded 1,300 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 5 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 22 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
7,965
Students enrolled
1,300
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
81
Programs and majors
22:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 81

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Education 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 3
Business, Management and Marketing 11
Precision Production 4
Health Professions 17
Computer and Information Sciences 6
Psychology 1
Visual and Performing Arts 5
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Engineering Technologies 3
Communication and Journalism 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Social Sciences 4
Engineering 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
English Language and Literature 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Physical Sciences 2
Science Technologies 1
Architecture 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
History 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
22:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
19
Associate degrees
704
Certificates under 1 year
433
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
144

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
7,965
Undergraduates, fall 2024
7,965
Full-time, fall 2024
25%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
12,007
Full-time, 2024-25
22%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
62%
Men
38%
White
32%
Hispanic or Latino
39%
Black or African American
12%
Asian
5%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
5
Programs with a fully online option
11
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
6%
Students taking some online courses
30%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Colorado Community College System
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
President
Peter Lindstrom
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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