14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
General Information
Type: Private institution
Year Founded: 1874
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 1,977
Geographical Setting: Urban
Endowment: $407,922,042
Admissions
Application Fee: $50
Application Deadline: January 15
Selectivity: Most selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $32,124
Room/Board: $8,052
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: writing, study skills
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious
Careers
Career Services Offered: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: N/A
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 499,596
Number of current serial subscriptions: 2,567
Number of microforms: 125,603
Number of audiovisuals: 21,181
Number of ebooks: 4,190
Other library facilities: Music library; free access to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center library and collections; other college departmental libraries; Proespector (shared catalog and lending system for Colorado academic and public libraries); Center for Research libraries.
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: Electronic music studio; Observatory; Extensive herbarium collection; 4 greenhouses; Environmental Science van equipped for field research; Fourier transform nuclear; magnetic resonance spectrometer; Packard Hall, 300 seat concert/lecture hall; Photography darkrooms; Drama/Dance: Armstrong Theatre, 740 seat proscenium theatre;
Armstrong 32, 100 seat experimental theatre; 4 dance studios w/Marley, variable speed cd players; Drama computer lab; Geology: Petrographic microscopes; X-ray diffractometer; Sedimentology lab; El Pomar Sports Center: Metabolic Equipment (COSMED Quark PFT Ergo); Hydrostatic Weighing Equipment; Cadaver study in Sports Science; Biology: Scanning electron microscope; Transmission electron microscope; Baca Campus in Southwest Colorado; Stabler-Gilmore Cabin in foothills west of Colorado Springs
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 436
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 400
Classrooms: 300
Labs: 40
Other areas: 200
Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in all the libraries, in all classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing, in all school buildings and on all school property
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 2,500
Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 75%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: N/A
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: N/A
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: N/A
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 75%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – Yes
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – No
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms, women’s dorms, men’s dorms, fraternity housing, apartment for single students, special housing for disabled students, other housing options
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 39%
Doubles: 38%
Triples or Suites: 2%
Apartments: 0%
Other: 21%
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 24
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: N/A
Fire alarms: N/A
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 90 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): Denver (70), Colorado Springs (10)
Nearest train station: Denver (70)
Nearest bus station: Colorado Springs (1)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – No
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 35%
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – N/A
Average undergraduate wage: N/A
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs)
Navy ROTC N/A
Air Force ROTC: N/A
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited
Campus
Most popular events: First-Year Outdoor Orientation (FOOT) Trips; Homecoming; Winter Ball; Llamapalooza (outdoor music festival); Dance Workshop Fall & Spring shows