Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs, CO · Public · Large suburb · PPSC
Public institution in Colorado Springs, CO · 9,307 undergraduates · $40,796 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 5%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 13%Undergraduates
- Top 14%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $9,682302nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,302111th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $16,534637th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $18,345285th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $9,00070th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,7961,572nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,7991,487th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 23.0%1,877th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 9,307274th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 21.0:11,930th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 30.8%1,145th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 76 mi (DEN)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 2 of 2 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland SecurityHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1968source
- School colors: Green and Bluesource
- Athletic nickname: "PPSC"source
- Mascot: Arnie the Aardvarksource
- Motto: "Students Succeed At PPSC"source
- Formerly known as "El Paso Community College" (1968–1978)source
- Formerly known as "Pikes Peak Community College" (1978–2022)source
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]] institutionsource
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Pikes Peak State College’s 9,307 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CO
- University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, CO · 8,870 undergrads
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, CO · 10,686 undergrads
- Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, CO · 7,604 undergrads
- Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, CO · 11,132 undergrads
- Colorado State University GlobalAurora, CO · 6,202 undergrads
- University of DenverDenver, CO · 6,059 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA · 9,309 undergrads
- University of North DakotaGrand Forks, ND · 9,296 undergrads
- Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, WI · 9,273 undergrads
- Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, FL · 9,367 undergrads
- College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, NY · 9,387 undergrads
- University of Wisconsin-La CrosseLa Crosse, WI · 9,194 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitepikespeak.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 127820)
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- The Most Selective Colleges in ColoradoEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with University of Colorado Colorado SpringsSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Pikes Peak State College vs University of Colorado Colorado SpringsHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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