Pikes Peak Community College

While attending Pikes Peak Community College, it is important to take advantage of student resources in order to ensure your success.  These resources are provided to you as part of the benefit of attending PPCC.  Be sure to investigate all options for help, as you may be surprised what you find.  For example: there are options from Child care to Computer Labs, and even a state-of-the-art copy center.  Pikes Peak Community College provides a lot of other resources as well.  Please clink on the links below to be directed to the appropriate URL for more information:

Bookstore Buy your books, supplies and PPCC merch here.

Child Care Center The Child Development Centers offer educational child-care services for children age six weeks to five years.

Computer Services Computer Labs, Anti-Virus software, and technical help.

Copy Center The Copy Center can make copies of your class notes, reports, and presentations.

Disability Services Provides reasonable and appropriate services and accommodations for students with disabilities.

Fitness Center The Fitness Center is a cardiovascular/weight training facility for PPCC students and staff.

Learning Assistance Centers Free tutoring services for PPCC students at all campuses and online.

Library Checkout books, view online resources and get help with research.

Math Labs The Math Labs at PPCC provide PPCC students with free math tutoring and testing services.

Military Veterans & Family Resources for active and veteran members of the military and their families.

Public Safety The PPCC Police Department is dedicated to making PPCC a safe and pleasant place.

Student Support Services Provides support services to first-generation, low-income, and disabled PPCC students.

Testing Center The Testing Center offers a variety of services including administering placement testing.

Writing Center The Writing Center provides coaching for reading and writing to PPCC students.

Pikes Peak Community College offers a variety of online courses and degree programs to fit any schedule or lifestyle.  You DO NOT have to reside in the state of Colorado in order to sign up for these online classes, and you can actually take them from virtually anywhere.

Currently, Pikes Peak Community College has the authorization to provide courses for students in many states across the United States. These states currently are:

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (military students only), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Pikes Peak Community College is in the process of getting approval for online courses in these states:

Friends here in Colorado Springs have asked me why I chose Pikes Peak Community college for my two year program, and I have to say that there are a number of reasons.

The first reason I made the choice was that they welcome students of all kinds. There wasn’t a complicated entrance policy or anything that kept me from applying or attending Pikes Peak College. This was important to me because I didn’t want to get bogged down in an application process that could have taken time away from my studies, and work schedule. I simply wanted to be able to sign up for classes and start attending college as soon as possible.

Next, I chose Pikes Peak Community college for convenience. There are four campuses spread throughout the Pikes Peak region for you to choose from with PPCC, and this made it a lot easier to find classes that would fit into my work schedule. Also PPCC offers an online college degree program within my major, so I was actually able to take advantage of that and not have to show up in-person to a classroom. Having an online degree program was the ultimate convenience for me, because I work full time and have small children to care for.

Variety was a key factor in choosing Pikes Peak Community College, because they offer over 200 programs to choose from. You can choose from majors like criminal justice, fire science, or a variety of nursing or computer degree programs. I really like that they offer so many technical courses, and not just associates degree programs. If I want to, when I’m finished, I can return to Pikes Peak to get my real estate license even!

The scheduling at Pikes Peak is a major convenience to someone like myself, because they offer classes around the clock. You can schedule a course days, nights, weekends, or even do college online! I know a number of people who don’t learn well online, or just want to see a professor in person — So they choose to attend courses at PPCC in the evenings or on weekends, to help with their work schedule. My personal preference is for the online program, which I found to be engaging and fulfilling for my style of learning.