We offer a solid liberal arts foundation, relevant professional coursework and real-world experiences in an environment where faculty and staff value personal attention as a key to learning.
- Faculty who balance academic achievement and research with a commitment to helping students learn and excel.
- Nationally recognized business school, innovative health and human science programs and award-winning theatre arts and teacher education programs, all supported by a cornerstone curriculum in the humanities and social sciences.
- Monfort College of Business, the first and only business program to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the Office of the President of the United States.
- College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, recipient of the prestigious Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Preparation, includes one of the nation’s best special education teacher preparation programs and the unique Cumbres program for students committed to working with Hispanic school children.
- Renowned music program featuring an orchestra which has been named “Best U.S. College Orchestra” numerous times and a Jazz Studies program repeatedly listed in top five jazz programs in the United States.
- Research opportunities and on-the-job experience early and often.
- First-year and transfer students who have not yet declared a major can explore career ideas, potential areas of study and personal strengths in University College’s “Exploring the Liberal Arts” program.
- Center for Honors, Scholars and Leadership for those who want to make the most of their college academic experience.
- Learning communities for almost every major, as well as undeclared students.
- More than 1.5 million items in Michener Library’s collection and more than 100,000 scores, books, periodicals and recordings in Skinner Music Library’s collection.
- Learning in laboratories and clinics with specialized, state-of-the-art equipment.
- Award-winning Life of the Mind general education courses open to all students.
- Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute, a research pioneer in rehabilitation for cancer treatment-related fatigue.
“I wouldn’t have been able to get the same one-on-one time with professors if I had gone to another university.
Ben Stein, chemistry major