Elevate your future

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Elevate your future

Colorado Mountain College

  • Degrees offered

    8 Bachelor’s • 52 Associate • 77 Certificate
    See below

  • One of the most affordable

    bachelor’s degrees in Colorado

  • Student/teacher ratio

    College-wide: 13 to 1

  • Number of Students

    Attending annually: 18,000

  • 11 Campuses, 3 Residence Halls

Degree Programs and Majors

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Bachelor of Applied Science in Integrated Media (BAS)
Bachelor of Applied Science in Leadership and Management (BAS)
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Bachelor of Science in Ecosystem Science & Stewardship (BS)
Bachelor of Arts in Education (BA)
Bachelor of Arts in Human Services (BA)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies (BASS)

Affordable college. It’s a thing.

If you’re like most students or parents, you worry about the burden of student loan debt. Colorado Mountain College’s commitment to affordable, high-quality education helps you graduate with less debt.

Our bachelor’s degree tuition is one of the most affordable in the country. That means you’ll take on an average of $8,000 less in student loans – among the lowest student debt burdens in Colorado. And that means when you graduate, you won’t be crushed by debt just as you’re starting your career.

Tuition & Costs for 2024 - 2025 Academic Year

In-district Tuition


$104/credit-hour
Associate & Bachelor's


$179/credit-hour
• BS Nursing
• AAS Dental Hygiene

In-state Tuition


$208/credit-hour
Associate & Bachelor's


$283/credit-hour
• BS Nursing
• AAS Dental Hygiene

Out-of-state Tuition


$530/credit-hour
Associate & Bachelor's


$605/credit-hour
• BS Nursing
• AAS Dental Hygiene

Residential Campuses

Leadville
Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs
Steamboat Springs

Community Locations

Aspen
Breckenridge & Dillon
Carbondale
Glenwood Springs
Rifle
Salida
Vail Valley at Edwards

Graduate Success

Diana Gabriela Loera

Diana Gabriela Loera / Giving Back

Diana Gabriela Loera (Gaby) dreamed of helping others like her through education. As an immigrant from Aguascalientes, Mexico and a first-generation student, she faced a challenging road to achieving her dreams. Her experience at CMC helped her get there.

Gaby and her family moved to the United States when she was twelve years old, no one in her family knew how to speak English. She worked closely with her teachers after hours to keep up with her studies and nurture her English-speaking skills. The dedication from her teachers inspired her to help others.

She enrolled at Colorado Mountain College after graduating from high school and said the CMC experience worked well for her.

“I thrive in small, intimate settings,” Gaby explained, “when a professor knows each student as an individual, it’s so much easier to succeed.”

Her classes averaged nine students per course at the Vail Valley at Edwards campus.

Gaby took advantage of many of the resources available to students at CMC. Scholarships and TRIO Student Support Services were crucial for her success as a student and growth as an educator. Gaby started giving back to CMC by joining the TRIO student staff as a peer academic coach, tutoring other CMC students.

Gaby graduated in May 2022 from Colorado Mountain College with a bachelor’s degree in education and is qualified to apply for four endorsements, including culturally and linguistically diverse education and bilingual education specialist. She accepted a job as a bilingual kindergarten teacher at Edwards Elementary School and predicts 40-60 percent of her students will be Hispanic or Latinx.

Gaby is focused on “authentically teaching these kids about their culture.”