Arapahoe community college (or ACC), located on the south end of the Denver metro area in Littleton, Colorado, offers more than 130 degree and certificate programs. The school offers associate degrees in arts, science, general studies and applied science, as well as dozens of certificates. Some of the specific degrees are in nursing, criminal justice, game design and development, mortuary services and accounting. Many of the course credits at ACC have guaranteed transfer to other Colorado universities due to a state law passed in by the Colorado General Assembly in 2001.
Arapahoe Community College
5900 South Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80120
303-797-4222
arapahoe.edu
Students looking for engineering or applied science degrees should look no further than the Colorado School of Mines, or Mines as the locals call it. Highly selective of its students, this school maintains a student body of 4,800. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14 to 1, and the average undergraduate class size is 33 students. Mines leads the way in curriculum and research that emphasizes responsible care of the earth and its resources.
Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401
303-273-3000
mines.edu
The University of Denver offers both undergraduate and graduate-level courses. DU offers degrees in the arts, business, education and law. Various prestigious publications continually rank DU highly for part-time and full-time MBA programs. In 2010, U.S. News and World Report ranked DU's Daniels School of Business as the number 70 best part-time MBA program. In 2009, Beyond Grey Pinstripes/The Aspen Institute ranked DU third in the world for small MBA Programs. DU also has an exceptional athletic program with 20 NCAA national championships in skiing and seven NCAA national championships in ice hockey.
University of Denver
2199 S. University Blvd
Denver, CO 80210
303-871-2000
du.edu
The state's flagship public university is in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Boulder is on the far northwest corner of the Denver metro area. The University of Colorado, or CU, has a campus in both Boulder and Denver. CU offers degrees in architecture, arts, business, education and journalism. Professors and research faculty from CU have won Nobel Prizes. CU boasts two Nobel Prizes for physics, one for chemistry, and several members of the research faculty shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore.
University of Colorado
5353 Manhattan Circle
Boulder, CO 80303
303-492-6596
colorado.edu