UCCS University Advancement

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Last updated January 2012.

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• 2011 Enrollment:
  • 13,500 students educated in FY 2011
    • 9,321 fall 2011 on-campus students, +4.8% (record-high enrollment)
  • 30% Pell Grant recipients
  • 40% first generation
  • 22% minority
• Among fastest growing universities in state and nation
• Fall 2011 Graduate Student Enrollment:
  • 1,478 graduate students
  • Fourth largest public university graduate enrollment in Colorado (CU Denver, CU Boulder, CSU-Fort Collins, UCCS)
• Graduation rates for ethnic minority groups exceed peer university average
• More than 375 active duty military personnel and 20 U.S. Olympic athletes
  

Efficient

• Operating budget is one-half of peer universities
• UCCS receives $2,700 less state support per full-time student than peer universities
• UCCS tuition and fees are 8% less than peers
• UCCS has 50% fewer full time equivalent staff than peer universities

High-Quality

• UCCS offers 36 bachelor's degrees, 19 masters, and five doctoral degrees
• US News & World Report: America's Best Colleges
  • Tenth among Western regional public universities
  • Eleventh nationally for public undergraduate engineering
  • Top-ranked graduate programs in nursing and public affairs
• GI Jobs
  • Military friendly (top 20% of colleges and universities)
• The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) named UCCS one of two national leaders in community engagement efforts

Unique and High-Need Programs

• Applied Geography
• Geropsychology
• Professional Golf Management (Business)
• Sports Management
• Bachelor of Innovation
• Special Education
• Nursing
• Health Care Science
• Homeland Security
• Disaster Management
• Criminal Justice

Economic Impact

• UCCS is one of the largest employers in southern Colorado employing 1,694 people. The estimated employment impact is 2,638 jobs
• UCCS contributes $310 million annually to the Colorado Springs economy
• More than 65% of UCCS graduates live in Colorado
• UCCS students, faculty and staff generate $30 million annually in state and local taxes

Engagement

• Proposed partnership with Anschutz Medical Center for branch medical campus
• The Southern Colorado Higher Education Consortium is a framework to increase higher education access, persistence and completion. The consortium is focused on opportunities for nontraditional, underrepresented and first-generation students to promote long-term economic development
  • Consortium members include UCCS, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Adams State College, Western State College, Fort Lewis College, Pikes Peak Community College, Pueblo Community College, Trinidad State Junior College, Lamar Community College and Otero Junior College
• Partnerships
  • Air Force Space Command to educate space professionals
  • U.S. Northern Command to provide homeland security and homeland defense education and training
  • Cisco Systems, Inc., to provide education programs and counseling to be delivered to institutions in southern Colorado using Cisco Systems technologies
• Southern Colorado Economic Forum to guide the region by bringing together public, private and academic economic experts