University Of Colorado At Colorado Springs, Colorado

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The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, also known as UCCS, is a campus of the University of Colorado System, the state university system of Colorado. The U.S. News ranked UCCS as the seventh-best public regional university in the West. The university enrolls more than 6,000 undergraduate students and over 1,400 graduate students. UCCS offers a wide variety of degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences
College of Business and Administration
College of Education
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Graduate School of Public Affairs

UCCS'sports teams compete in the NCAA Division II School in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). Their official mascot is the mountain lion.

Profile of University of Colorado At Colorado Springs

The main campus of UCCS is in Colorado Springs, CO (a large city). The school is a public school. UCCS offers degrees up to the Doctoral degree.

Course Topics

The school tends to concentrate its instruction in a few key disciplines. UCCS students most commonly major in a field related to mathematics, science, and media.

UCCS Selectivity

The school does not accept everyone who applies. In 2007, SAT verbal scores of half of students were 460 to 560. Three-fourths of students accepted in 2007 had SAT math scores of 460 or more.

Faculty

The school offers tenure to reward and retain some professors.

Student Enrollment

In 2007, UCCS had 8,660 enrolled students.

Student Life

Many students are part-timers. Student athletes at UCCS belong to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"The Colorado Springs campus of the university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate university with selective admission standards. The Colorado Springs campus shall offer liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, health sciences, and teacher preparation undergraduate degree programs, and a selected number of masters and doctoral degree programs."

UCCS Programs and Degrees

General Category	Degrees	Most Common Majors
Liberal Arts	355	history, sociology, English, geography, political science, Spanish language, economics, anthropology, ...
Business and Management	355	business management
Education and Teaching	208	curriculum and instruction, school counseling, special ed
Science	143	biology, chemistry, biological and physical sciences, physics
Nursing and Emergency Medicine	127	registered nursing
Media	118	communication studies
Therapy and Counseling	107	psychology
Engineering	68	mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering
Computer Science and Engineering	48	computer and info science, computer engineering
Medicine	43	health professions
Mathematics	28	mathematics, applied mathematics
Religion and Philosophy	26	philosophy
Family and Social Work	24	public administration
Art Studies	21	art studies

Contact: UCCS

University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
General Phone: (719) 262-3000
http://www.uccs.edu