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About the Community College of Aurora
The Community College of Aurora (CCA) is a two-year public, open access institution in Aurora, Colorado and is one of 13 community colleges in the Colorado Community College System. The school of choice for 12,111 students representing over 60 countries, CCA’s service area includes nearly 690,000 residents in Arapahoe, Adams, and Denver counties, and its student population reflects the broad diversity of this area. The college offers 77 degrees and certificate programs for students seeking to enhance their current skill set, pursue employment, or transfer to a four-year college or university upon graduation.
Source: Institutional Student Data dashboard
Student Access
8.7 %
Hispanic Students
15 %
Female Students
10 %
Male Students
Approximately 79% of fall 2023 students retained in spring 2024 or graduated before spring 2024.
Approximately 24% of students transfer to a four-year institution.
In the academic year of 2024, 906 students graduated, earning 1,022 degrees and certificates.
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Our Mission, Vision, Values and Institutional Outcomes
Vision: We aspire to be the college where every student succeeds.
Mission: CCA serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment.
Values: Respect, Collaboration, Quality, Access, Diversity, Inclusion
Institutional Outcomes: Career and Transfer Readiness, Communication, Critical Thinking, Cultural Competence
First-Generation Serving Campus
The Community College of Aurora has been awarded the 2024 First Generation Serving Campus Designation in recognition of its first-generation student enrollment. This designation is given annually based on enrollment and reflects CDHE’s additional commitment to ensuring retention, success and career paths for these exceptional students.
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A Federally Designated Hispanic-Serving Institution
The Community College of Aurora (CCA) is proud to be recognized as a federally designated Hispanic and Minority-Serving Institution, with over 65% of our college comprised of students of color.
When students choose CCA, they join a vibrant community dedicated to creating an equitable and supportive learning environment. Here, students are empowered to develop their skills and knowledge, preparing them for personal and professional success in a diverse world.
Academic Offerings
- Degree and certificate programs: 77
- Average class size: 14.2
- Student to instructor ratio: 13/1
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
CCA is a 2024 Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner. CCA demonstrates an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion across its campus. The college was recognized for significantly advancing the core values of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), as evidenced through mentoring, teaching, research, hiring and promotion, recruitment, retention, and many other campus priorities deserving of this national recognition.
Community College of Aurora has earned recognition from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) for nonpartisan student voter participation efforts in the 2022 Midterm Election. CCA was awarded best in Class Most Improved Registration Rate at a HSI.
The Community College of Aurora has been chosen as a 2024-2027 FamilyU Seal recipient. The FamilyU Seal is a national certification awarded to higher education institutions and nonprofits that demonstrate exemplary, measurable efforts in supporting parenting students. These efforts result in remarkable outcomes for the institutions, organizations, and the students they serve.
The Community College of Aurora is a SARA participating institution.
CCA is recognized as a Certified Age-Friendly Employer™ by the Age Friendly Institute, the nation’s only certification program that identifies organizations committed to being the best places to work for employees aged 50+.
Community College of Aurora is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
CCA is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) which accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the United States
Nurturing Student Growth
The College Without Walls
CCA is historically known as the college without walls for the institution’s commitment as an institution free from all barriers to student success. Every student is VALUED, MATTERS, and BELONGS.
Helping Students Grow
Students who are seeking to complete degrees can earn one of CCA’s 55 two-year degrees and transfer their credits to a four-year degree. The CCCS Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree program includes a no-hassle transfer process to a four-year program that includes scholarship opportunities and personalized student guidance.
Alumni Experience
Graduates are overall satisfied with their CCA experience.
– 95.5% percent of 2023 CCA Graduate Survey respondents had some level of agreement that CCA helped them meet their education goals.
Source: 2024 VE-135 Graduate Follow-up Survey (2022-2023 Graduates)
Graduates agree CCA is a welcome and inclusive environment.
– 94.1% percent of 2023 CCA Graduate Survey respondents had agreed that CCA provided them with a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Source: 2024 VE-135 Graduate Follow-up Survey (2022-2023 Graduates)