Facts & Stats

Aims Community College ranks among the most respected community colleges in the nation. Aims is one of the largest and most comprehensive two-year colleges in Colorado. Since 1967 Aims has established four campuses, constructed 18 buildings, expanded curriculum to 2,000 day, evening and weekend courses and taught more than 200,000 students.

Fall 2010

• Headcount: 5340
  
  
• FTE (30): 1573.07
  
  
• Student Demographics
  
  
  • Race/Ethnicity:
    Hispanic: 1252
    Caucasian, non-Hispanic: 3353
    Other (incl. Unknown), non-Hispanic: 735
    
    
  • Gender:
    Female: 2945
    Male: 2367
    Unknown: 28
    
    
  • Age:
    21 and Under: 2408
    22 - 29: 1528
    30 - 49: 1136
    50 and Over: 267
    
    
  • Full-time: 2100
    
    
  • Part Time: 3240
    
    
  • Receiving FA: 2498
    
    
• Retention--% of Fall 2009 students enrolled:
  • Spring 2010: 63.58%
  • Fall 2010: 40.45%
    
    
• Graduation Rate: 26.99%
  
  
• Transfer Out Rate: 35.40%
  
  
• Job placement rate: 73%

* All Fall 2010 enrollment data based on the Fall 2010 SURDS enrollment file, with additional data from our internal financial aid and enrollment snapshot files from Fall Final 2010


Ethnicity based on the new IPEDS definitions, using the data reported in the Fall 2010 SURDS file for those columns. Hispanic trumps all other race/ethnicity data, so there are Hispanics who also identified themselves as Asian or Native American, but for the purpose of this report, they show up only under Hispanic.


Full-time is defined as students taking 12 or more credit hours in the term being reported.

Receiving financial aid is defined as any student receiving any form of financial aid (including institutional grants, loans of any type, and/or workstudy).

Retention

Graduation rates are based on data used for the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey. These figures reflect the Fall 2007 first-time, full-time degree-seeking cohort, showing the percent who completed a degree or certificate within three years.

Transfer rates are based on the same cohort as the Graduation Rate, and transfer information comes from a file submitted to the National Student Clearinghouse in June 2011.

Job Placement rates are based on a report generated by the Colorado Community College System. That report is derived from data collected by phone surveys conducted by Aims Community College in the early spring of the year following student graduation. These figures are ONLY for career and technical education programs--these surveys are not administered to students who graduated with a transfer (AA/AS/AGS) degree nor to students who did not complete a degree/certificate. The percentages shown are of those students who were reached and responded to the survey. These figures are a five-year average of the 2005-2009 graduating cohorts, with an average of 802 graduates per year in the cohort, and an average of 377 per year who were successfully surveyed. The employment rate includes both full-time and part-time employment, and also includes students who may also be continuing their education.