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Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Lakewood, Colorado Private for-profit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design is a private for-profit four-year institution based in Lakewood, Colorado. The campus sits in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,061 students.

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 14 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Illustration, Interior Design, and Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects. It awarded 359 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 14 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 54% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,061
Students enrolled
54%
First-year retention
359
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
14
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 14

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

Visual and Performing Arts 9
Communications Technologies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Education 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
54%
First-year retention, part-time students
28%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
356
Certificates under 1 year
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,061
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,061
Full-time, fall 2024
52%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,431
Full-time, 2024-25
47%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

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

Women
76%
Men
24%
White
52%
Hispanic or Latino
15%
Black or African American
16%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
6%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
6%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
14
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
82%
Students taking some online courses
18%

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
President
Brent Fitch
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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