Colorado College Tigers men's basketball
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| Motto | Scientia et Disciplina (Latin) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1874 |
| Endowment | $743.281 million (2017) |
| President | Jill Tiefenthaler |
| Undergraduates | 2,012 |
| Location |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. 38°50′53″N 104°49′23″W / 38.848°N 104.823°WCoordinates: 38°50′53″N 104°49′23″W / 38.848°N 104.823°W |
| Campus | Urban, 90 Acres |
| Admit rate | 15.8% |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Athletics |
NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Division I National Collegiate Hockey Conference, men's ice hockey Division I Mountain West Conference, women's soccer |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Website | coloradocollege |
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| Forbes | 57 |
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| U.S. News & World Report | 23 |
| Washington Monthly | 176 |
The Colorado College (CC) is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, near the foot of the Rocky Mountains. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90-acre (36 ha) campus, 70 miles (110 km) south of Denver. The college offers 42 majors and 33 minors, and has a student-faculty ratio of 10:1. Famous alumni include James Heckman, Ken Salazar, Lynne Cheney, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Marc Webb, and Steve Sabol. Colorado College had an acceptance rate of 15% for the Class of 2021, was ranked as the best private college in Colorado by Forbes, and was listed as tied for the 23rd-best National Liberal Arts College, and as the No. 1 Most Innovative Liberal Arts School, in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report rankings. In addition, Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked Colorado College 16th in its 2017 rating of best value liberal arts colleges in the U.S.
Colorado College is affiliated with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Most sports teams are in the NCAA Division III, with the exception of Division I teams in men's hockey and women's soccer.
Colorado College was founded in 1874 on land designated by U.S. Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and of Colorado Springs. Founder Thomas Nelson Haskell described it as a coeducational liberal arts college in the tradition of Oberlin College. Like many U.S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century, it now is secular in outlook, though it retains its liberal arts focus.
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