The Colorado College is a four-year, co-educational
liberal arts college located at the foot of
Pike's 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 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.