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COLLEGE GUIDE 2005/2006 A GUIDE TO HELP STUDENTS COLORADO COMMISSION ON UNION AND CONSTITUTION 2006 HIGHER 005/ EDUCATION DE 2 CollegeInColorado.orgACCESS TO is a HIGH-Qservice of the UALITY, AFFORDABLE EDUCATION FOR ALL COLORADANS Colorado Department of Higher Education. E GUI G Publication paid for by: LE COL AND FOR COLLEGE www.collegeincolorado.org TABLE OF CONTENTS STATE OF COLORADOCOLORADO COMMISSION ON UNION AND CONSTITUTION Department of Higher Education TION HIGHER COLORADO COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCA CATION EDU GOVERNOR’S LETTER 1 Bill Owens Governor Richard F. O’Donnell TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Executive Director PLAN FOR COLLEGE 3 HIGHER EDUCATION ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS 4 Dear Student: PRE-COLLEGIATE SERVICES 5 PLA PA Lcollege education also A College is an investment in your future. Students who graduate from college earn, over the course of their working lives, on average a million dollars more than their peers who don't hold a college degree. graduate COLLEGE PLANNING SERVICES WHILE YOU’RE IN HIGH SCHOOL 9 provides you with an education that prepares you for civic participation in our democratic Republic. Through the College Opportunity Fund, you get Because other Coloradoans believe collegefset is the important cost of college.to your future, taxpayers provide resident under - TIPS ON HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT COLLEGE FOR YOU 11 students with a tuition stipend to help of To learn more about the tuition stipend and financ state assistance to help financefordable your collegefor every education. Colorado Combined student. with other financial aid, scholarships, work study DEMOGRAPHICS AND GRADUATION RATES FOR COLORADO’S PUBLIC COLLEGES and loans, college can be af g. 12 ing college, please visit CollegeInColorado.or - WHICH PATH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? 13 This guide presents a snapshot of important information to direct you in choosing a college or university that is right for you. It helps you compare important information on all the schools, including the types of academic pro grams offered, application criteria and deadlines, and how to pay for college. FINDING A PROGRAM OF STUDY AT COLORADO’S PUBLIC COLLEGES 15 This guide is only one tool available to you as you investigate your higher education opportunities. Please visit g where you can compare Colorado's colleges in more detail, find applications for admission CollegeInColorado.or APPLY TO COLLEGE 21 and financial aid and investigate your career choices. 2006 APPLICATION DEADLINES 22 Choosing to go to college is one of the best decisions you will ever make. Consider the facts: jobs requiring just a high school diploma are expected to grow byThis just guide 12 percent is designed in the to next help few you years make while wise jobs choices requiring about ayour college future. degree will grow by more than 22 percent. ASSESSMENT TESTS 23 005/ Good Luck! Rick O'Donnell PAY FOR COLLEGE 25 Bill Owens DE 2 COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY FUND 26 Executive Director SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS 27 Governor Colorado Commission on Higher Education State of Colorado E GUI FINANCIAL AID 28 G LE FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 CONTACT INFORMATION FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES 33 COL Fax: 303.866.4266 303.866.2723 . , Colorado 80204 . CONTACT INFORMATION TWO-YEAR & TECHNICAL COLLEGES 35 PAY 1380 Lawrence Sreeet, Suite 1200, Denver PA GLOSSARY 37 1 www.collegeincolorado.org 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS STATE OF COLORADOCOLORADO COMMISSION ON UNION AND CONSTITUTION Department of Higher Education TION HIGHER COLORADO COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCA CATION EDU GOVERNOR’S LETTER 1 Bill Owens Governor Richard F. O’Donnell TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Executive Director PLAN FOR COLLEGE 3 HIGHER EDUCATION ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS 4 Dear Student: PRE-COLLEGIATE SERVICES 5 PLA PA Lcollege education also A College is an investment in your future. Students who graduate from college earn, over the course of their working lives, on average a million dollars more than their peers who don't hold a college degree. graduate COLLEGE PLANNING SERVICES WHILE YOU’RE IN HIGH SCHOOL 9 provides you with an education that prepares you for civic participation in our democratic Republic. Through the College Opportunity Fund, you get Because other Coloradoans believe collegefset is the important cost of college.to your future, taxpayers provide resident under - TIPS ON HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT COLLEGE FOR YOU 11 students with a tuition stipend to help of To learn more about the tuition stipend and financ state assistance to help financefordable your collegefor every education. Colorado Combined student. with other financial aid, scholarships, work study DEMOGRAPHICS AND GRADUATION RATES FOR COLORADO’S PUBLIC COLLEGES and loans, college can be af g. 12 ing college, please visit CollegeInColorado.or - WHICH PATH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? 13 This guide presents a snapshot of important information to direct you in choosing a college or university that is right for you. It helps you compare important information on all the schools, including the types of academic pro grams offered, application criteria and deadlines, and how to pay for college. FINDING A PROGRAM OF STUDY AT COLORADO’S PUBLIC COLLEGES 15 This guide is only one tool available to you as you investigate your higher education opportunities. Please visit g where you can compare Colorado's colleges in more detail, find applications for admission CollegeInColorado.or APPLY TO COLLEGE 21 and financial aid and investigate your career choices. 2006 APPLICATION DEADLINES 22 Choosing to go to college is one of the best decisions you will ever make. Consider the facts: jobs requiring just a high school diploma are expected to grow byThis just guide 12 percent is designed in the to next help few you years make while wise jobs choices requiring about ayour college future. degree will grow by more than 22 percent. ASSESSMENT TESTS 23 005/ Good Luck! Rick O'Donnell PAY FOR COLLEGE 25 Bill Owens DE 2 COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY FUND 26 Executive Director SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS 27 Governor Colorado Commission on Higher Education State of Colorado E GUI FINANCIAL AID 28 G LE FINANCIAL INFORMATION 30 CONTACT INFORMATION FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES 33 COL Fax: 303.866.4266 303.866.2723 . , Colorado 80204 . CONTACT INFORMATION TWO-YEAR & TECHNICAL COLLEGES 35 PAY 1380 Lawrence Sreeet, Suite 1200, Denver PA GLOSSARY 37 1 www.collegeincolorado.org 2 HIGH GROWTH PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS IN COLORADO, 2002-2012 PROJECTIONS Educational Requirement and Job Title Average Annual Wage, 2003 Baccalaureate Degree PLAN FOR COLLEGE Adult Literacy, Remedial Education & GED Teachers & Instructors $34,280 HIGHER EDUCATION ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS Agricultural Engineers $89,120 Architects, Surveyors & Cartographers $40,930 Biomedical Engineers $62,880 Business Operations Specialist $56,730 Compensation, Benefits & Job Analysis Specialists $49,020 Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software $78,620 P Computer Systems Analysts $68,780 Colorado has recently established Higher Education Additionally, you will need to find out from the A more detailed description of Colorado’s Higher LAN Counselors, Social & Religious Workers $62,340 Credit Analysts $47,710 Admissions Requirements for students who plan to colleges to which you are applying what GPA and Education Admissions Requirements and a list of Database Administrators $61,720 attend any of Colorado’s public, four-year colleges ACT or SAT scores they require and if there are frequently asked questions are available from the Environmental Engineers $66,010 FO Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners $88,750 or universities. The requirements go into effect in other courses outside of the Higher Education Colorado Commission on Higher Education at Insurance Sales Agents $60,910 two phases: Phase 1 for students graduating in 2008 Admissions Requirements that must also be www.state.co.us/cche/academic/admissions/index.pdf. R CO Landscape & Naval Architects $59,040 Landscape Architects $49,800 and 2009, and Phase 2 for students graduating in completed for admission. The Higher Education Library, Museum, Training & Other Education Workers $47,400 Loan Officers $66,990 2010 and beyond. Private colleges and universities Admissions Requirements have been established Materials Scientists $89,120 set their own admissions standards, so you should in addition to the Admissions Eligibility Index, to be LLE Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists $43,280 Medical & Public Health Social Workers $40,470 contact those institutions directly for information found online at www.state.co.us/cche/policy/ P G PLA PLNetwork &A Computer Systems Administrators $65,070 LAN regarding their enrollment policies. Additionally, newpolicies/I-partf-index.pdf. E Network Systems & Data Communications Analysts $64,690 Personal Financial Advisors $59,490 public two-year colleges have open enrollment Physician Assistants $58,240 policies, meaning that students applying to these If you have questions about how the Higher FO Public Relations Specialists $46,230 Students who complete the Higher Social & Community Service Managers $47,590 schoolsACA DEMdo ICnot AREA need to meet the following 200Educa8/2tion009 Admissions GRADUAT ESRequirements2010+ GRADrelateUAT toES a Special Education Teachers, Middle School $43,010 R CO Special Education Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarden & Elementary $45,690 admissions requirements. specific institution, please contact that college or ask Education Admissions Requirements, PLAN FOR COLLEGE ENGLISH 4 units 4 units Special Education Teachers, Secondary School $45,400 your high school guidance counselor. When thinking