Pikes Peak Community College Trade Programs

Pikes Peak Community College is a public institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The suburban atmosphere of Colorado Springs makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

Where Is Pikes Peak Community College?

Contact details for PPCC are given below.

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

Can I Afford PPCC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time PPCC students paid $156 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $642 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$3,754	$15,403
Fees	$311	$311
Books and Supplies	$1,460	$1,460

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At PPCC, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $3,706 a year. That adds up to $14,824 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PPCC is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Pikes Peak Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,845 undergraduate students at PPCC, with 3,962 being full-time and 7,883 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,962 full-time undergraduates at PPCC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pikes Peak Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	116
Black or African American	253
Hispanic or Latino	901
White	2,230
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	425

Over 19 countries are represented at PPCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, China, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Pikes Peak Community College

In 2020-2021, 6,076 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at PPCC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of PPCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pikes Peak Community College was 11.5%. This is the #1,174 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PPCC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.