Colorado College

The Colorado College is a private four-year, co-educational liberal arts college located at the foot of Pikes Peak, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school enrolls approximately 1,900 undergraduates each year to its 90-acre campus, 70 miles south of the capital city Denver in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.

Colorado College, or "CC" as it is familiarly known by its community, is well-known for its "Block plan"; students study only one subject for three and a half weeks, which allows for more lab time, field trips, and other learning experiences.

The school's sports teams are nicknamed Tigers. Colorado College is a member of NCAA Division III in all sports except hockey, in which it participates in the Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's soccer, where it competes as an independent Division I team.

Founded in 1874 by U.S. Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer ? the founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and of Colorado Springs ? CC was instituted as a liberal arts college which would foster Christian outreach by its graduates and faculty in the New England tradition. Like many U.S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century, it now is secular in outlook, though retaining its liberal arts focus.