
CCD promotes excellence in teaching, learning, and service to a diverse community and enrolls more than 10,000 students annually. Among the student population, 92 percent are Colorado residents, more than 30 percent are Latinx, more than 50 percent self-identify as underrepresented, and our international students represent more than 40 nations. The College offers more than 100 degrees and certificates in transfer and occupational education, and CCD’s core classes are guaranteed to transfer to Colorado public colleges and universities.
Every member of our community will attain the education they desire.
CCD provides our diverse community an opportunity to gain quality higher education and achieve personal and professional success in a supportive and inclusive environment.
The Strategic Plan has four overarching goals: Access, Acceptance, Ascend, and Achieve. Below are summaries of Community College of Denver's objectives to support our goals.
Expand access to Community College of Denver to meet the needs of our service area.
Diversity and inclusion will be embedded in every aspect of work and learning at the Community College of Denver in an effort to reach equity for students, faculty, and staff.
Community College of Denver will be the college where all students are successful.
Community College of Denver will be the college where all students achieve their education or career goal.
We value and are committed to a process of student learning outcomes assessment that is faculty- and staff-driven, student-centered, and advances student learning inside and outside the classroom at the Community College of Denver (CCD). Student learning outcomes assessment at CCD is the “systematic collection, review, and use of information about education programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development” (Palomba & Banta, 1999). Direct assessment occurs at three levels—course, program, and institutional—with defined outcomes/objectives at each level.
At the institutional level, a CCD graduate will demonstrate the following: