Community College of Denver

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#5096 / #1337
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Denver, Colorado

Community College of Denver at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#1337
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$5,218
Graduation rate
14%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
5,096

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Community College of Denver Featured Rankings

About Community College of Denver

According to Wikipedia, Community College of Denver is a public community college in Denver, Colorado. The main campus is at Auraria Campus and it has two other locations in the Denver metropolitan area. CCD focuses on underserved, first-generation, and minority students.

Community College of Denver's Online Degrees

Undergraduate Certificate in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Customer Service
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Marketing
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Business Designation
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Economics
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education Teacher Level 1
  • Required Credits: 37
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education Teacher Level 2
  • Required Credits: 37
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Elementary Education
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Anthropology Designation
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in English Literature Emphasis
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in French
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in History
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Philosophy
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Liberal Arts
  • Required Credits: 58-64
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Food, Nutrition And Wellness
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
BAS in Dental Hygiene
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Geology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Mathematics
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Physics
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Biology Designation
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Format: Fully online

Community College of Denver Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Graduation Rate
14%

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 Denver Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$5,218
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$3,013
30K - 48K$4,316
48K - 75K$4,536
75K - 110K$5,236
110K+$14,606

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 Denver Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Community College of Denver students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,120 a year, and 81% 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 Denver's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
11,31711,317

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

Where is Community College of Denver?

Community College of Denver is located at 1111 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80204-2026.

How Safe is Community College of Denver?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Community College of Denver 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 Denver has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.06%. Denver has a violent crime rate of 1.00% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 4.78%. 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 Denver Known For?

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

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

Each rank compares how much Community College of Denver'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

Nursing
#1299
World Rank
#1299
Historical Rank
#487
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #487 in the U.S. and #1299 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Anthropology
#2371
World Rank
#2384
Historical Rank
#765
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #765 in the U.S. and #2371 worldwide for influence in Anthropology.

anthropology Degrees
Biology
#3991
World Rank
#4015
Historical Rank
#930
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #930 in the U.S. and #3991 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Engineering
#5382
World Rank
#5389
Historical Rank
#1008
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1008 in the U.S. and #5382 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Chemistry
#4363
World Rank
#4370
Historical Rank
#1044
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1044 in the U.S. and #4363 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.

chemistry Degrees
Education
#4490
World Rank
#4497
Historical Rank
#1048
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1048 in the U.S. and #4490 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Computer Science
#4601
World Rank
#4608
Historical Rank
#1048
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1048 in the U.S. and #4601 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Criminal Justice
#2028
World Rank
#2032
Historical Rank
#1061
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1061 in the U.S. and #2028 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Sociology
#3658
World Rank
#3662
Historical Rank
#1084
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1084 in the U.S. and #3658 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Literature
#3431
World Rank
#3473
Historical Rank
#1145
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1145 in the U.S. and #3431 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees
Economics
#6042
World Rank
#6045
Historical Rank
#1171
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1171 in the U.S. and #6042 worldwide for influence in Economics.

economics Degrees
Mathematics
#4624
World Rank
#4658
Historical Rank
#1196
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1196 in the U.S. and #4624 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Business
#5100
World Rank
#5101
Historical Rank
#1394
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1394 in the U.S. and #5100 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Psychology
#3724
World Rank
#3737
Historical Rank
#1420
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1420 in the U.S. and #3724 worldwide for influence in Psychology.

psychology Degrees
Medical
#4901
World Rank
#4902
Historical Rank
#1434
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1434 in the U.S. and #4901 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Political Science
#6824
World Rank
#6830
Historical Rank
#1617
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1617 in the U.S. and #6824 worldwide for influence in Political Science.

political-science Degrees
History
#5321
World Rank
#5330
Historical Rank
#1642
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #1642 in the U.S. and #5321 worldwide for influence in History.

history Degrees
Philosophy
#7796
World Rank
#7830
Historical Rank
#2320
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #2320 in the U.S. and #7796 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.

philosophy Degrees
Communications
#8707
World Rank
#8726
Historical Rank
#2366
USA Rank

Community College of Denver ranks #2366 in the U.S. and #8707 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees