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Pikes Peak Community College Data & Information Overview

2 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
This overview covers the essential stats on Pikes Peak Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Pikes Peak Community College Ranked?

#1,099 Best Colleges in Nation
#19 Best Colleges in CO
Liberal Arts General Studies Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Pikes Peak Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.

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Overall Quality

PPCC is ranked #1,099 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.

PPCC is also ranked #19 out of 31 schools in Colorado.

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Is It Hard to Get Into PPCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Pikes Peak Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

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Pikes Peak Community College Faculty

21 to 1 Student to Faculty
94% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Pikes Peak Community College is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Pikes Peak Community College is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  94 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Pikes Peak Community College

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Pikes Peak Community College.

Pikes Peak Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,394 Full-Time Undergraduates
39.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,506 undergraduates at PPCC with 4,394 being full-time and 8,112 being part-time.

How Much Does Pikes Peak Community College Cost?

$10,307 Net Price
16% Take Out Loans
$16,220 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of PPCC is $10,307. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for PPCC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$8,060 $8,982 $11,093 $15,265 $16,733

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of PPCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At PPCC, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $4,055 a year. That adds up to $16,220 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do PPCC Graduates Make?

$40,796 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from PPCC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $40,796 in their early years. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado State
4,394 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Pikes Peak Community College is a public institution situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. PPCC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for PPCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 5675 S Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906-5498
Phone: 719-502-2000
Website: https://www.pikespeak.edu/

Pikes Peak Community College Majors

37 Majors With Completions
6,008 Undergraduate Degrees
6,008 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 37 majors graduated from Pikes Peak Community College. Of these students, 6,008 received undergraduate degrees and 6,008 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 1,035 NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 239 NA
Nursing 231 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 184 NA
Allied Health Professions 171 NA
Precision Metal Working 136 NA
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 111 NA
Accounting 98 NA
Computer Systems Networking 88 NA
Graphic Communications 82 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Pikes Peak Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at PPCC

52% Take At Least One Class Online
29% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2022-2023, 6,165 students took at least one online class at Pikes Peak Community College. This is an increase from the 6,076 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 6,165 3,480
2021-2022 6,076 3,383
2020-2021 5,841 3,231
2018-2019 4,746 2,093

Learn more about online learning at Pikes Peak Community College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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