Community College of Aurora

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#8170 / #2163
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Public American community college in Aurora, Colorado

Community College of Aurora at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2163
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$4,622
Graduation rate
25%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
3,250

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About Community College of Aurora

According to Wikipedia, The Community College of Aurora is a public community college in Aurora, Colorado. It is part of the Colorado Community College System. CCA serves over 10,000 students annually at its CentreTech Campus in Aurora; Lowry Campus at the former Lowry Air Force Base; and through online classes. Efforts to establish a college in Aurora began with a group of Aurora citizens in the early 1950s with the college founded in 1983.

Community College of Aurora's Online Degrees

Undergraduate Certificate in Bookkeeping
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in General Business
  • Required Credits: 20
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Business
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Economics
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Computer Pc Application Specialist
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Applied Technology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education Teacher
  • Required Credits: 21
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education Director
  • Required Credits: 33
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Elementary Education Transfer
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Anthropology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Degree Core
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in English
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AGS in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in History
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Spanish
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Biology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online

Community College of Aurora Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
61%25%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Community College of Aurora Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$4,622
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$1,890
30K - 48K$2,956
48K - 75K$3,575
75K - 110K$8,642
110K+$16,114

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Community College of Aurora Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Community College of Aurora students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $48,949 a year, and 86% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Community College of Aurora's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
11,91011,910

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Community College of Aurora?

Community College of Aurora is located at 16000 E CentreTech Pky, Aurora, CO 80011-9036.

How Safe is Community College of Aurora?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Community College of Aurora publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Community College of Aurora has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.03%. Aurora has a violent crime rate of 0.95% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.37%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Community College of Aurora Known For?

Community College of Aurora is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Community College of Aurora's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Community College of Aurora's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Education
#5917
World Rank
#5919
Historical Rank
#1489
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #1489 in the U.S. and #5917 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Computer Science
#6755
World Rank
#6765
Historical Rank
#1667
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #1667 in the U.S. and #6755 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Criminal Justice
#3347
World Rank
#3350
Historical Rank
#1719
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #1719 in the U.S. and #3347 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Medical
#5950
World Rank
#5951
Historical Rank
#1725
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #1725 in the U.S. and #5950 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Sociology
#6194
World Rank
#6198
Historical Rank
#2086
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #2086 in the U.S. and #6194 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Political Science
#10948
World Rank
#10953
Historical Rank
#2607
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #2607 in the U.S. and #10948 worldwide for influence in Political Science.

political-science Degrees
Business
#10365
World Rank
#10366
Historical Rank
#2889
USA Rank

Community College of Aurora ranks #2889 in the U.S. and #10365 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees