Pikes Peak Community College Business Programs

Pikes Peak Community College is a public institution situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Colorado Springs is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Pikes Peak Community College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

PPCC has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#56	Best Business Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at PPCC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#9	Most Popular Online Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards PPCC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#14	Highest Paid Office Administration Graduates	College Factual
#17	Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#32	Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#98	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#174	Highest Paid Business Administration & Management Graduates	College Factual
#179	Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates	College Factual

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.ppcc.edu

How Do I Get Into PPCC?

You can apply to PPCC online at: https://ppcc.elluciancrmrecruit.com/admissions/pages/welcome.aspx

Since Pikes Peak Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Pikes Peak Community College?

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 22% of students took out student loans averaging $3,528 a year. That adds up to $14,112 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at PPCC is 9.2%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Pikes Peak Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,506 undergraduate students at PPCC, with 4,394 being full-time and 8,112 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,394 full-time undergraduates at PPCC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	115
Black or African American	320
Hispanic or Latino	963
White	2,485
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	469

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 2019-2020, 5,841 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.

This school is the 9th most popular in Colorado for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

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 #1,182 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at PPCC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at PPCC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at PPCC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Office Administration	#63
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#213
Accounting	#459

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%.

Pikes Peak Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	44	32	29	105
Office Administration	0	22	12	34
Customer Service Management	0	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	44	54	41	139

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.