University of Colorado Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs, Colorado

Joseph S.

The parking is horrible. I lived on campus and had to park at the bottom of a LARGE hill. They did email me about being awarded an associates degree, however, and I'm glad they offer that now.

Xbhfxc

You will be hard pressed to find a school that exploits their students more than UCCS does. There is absolutely no parking and they just raised everyone's tuition to build a new building to bring in more students without building the parking to accommodate them. Absolutely brain dead administrators. Enjoy paying $9k a semester and not be able to get to your classes.

hailee B.

This institution cares more about the people working there (who are 65% of the time extremely useless in all academic stages) than they do about the actual students. Kids getting murdered in their dorms while they had notified campus security in weeks leading up to it. Being lied to by financial offices that you’re “totally good to go for the semester” then getting blindsided by bills in the thousands. Believe the word of mouth. I won’t be here past a second semester. Oh and the nutrition and health teacher from hpnu 2050 is having his students do his stock portfolio research. In a nutrition and health course 🙃 a single week preterm course. But you want to raise the tuition rates right?

Joshuab0943

I enjoy many aspects of this school bit the disabilities services is dreadful. They had zero care to my concerns and will force you to meet with someone even if you aren't comfortable with them. Accommodations are always a battle to use here. To also add on as well, the disabilities team feels that a two day extension is enough, I disagree with them on this. One accessibility instructor even told me thag I was lucky to have the extension policy because not many other students do. What does that have to do with giving people who have to work three times harder just to achieve the same success as students who don't have disabilities, but I guess it's up to them, not on your disabilities on what's allowed. The whole team are beyond outdated with policies and they should seriously reconsider them. Also to add on adhd and autism are a daily disability. I enjoyed working with all the instructors, I pike the fact that the instructor actually get to make their own course material.

Finally one question I would have to ask is this the military? Or is it a professional education because at the end of the day it's hard to tell with the colleges behavior.

Also if this college is set up like the military, what's the positives of going to a college like that? To let people decide who and what deserves what instead of the person's disabilities alone? The accessibility team here is beyond unprofessional, condescending and not mentally fit to be in a position that is supposed to be their for students eith disabilities.

I am overall bothered ny the way this college treats continuing students, funny they tell me they want students to graduate here, but then when you look at the completion rate at this college its beyond low.

The college does offer grants but not that many unfortunately.

Update: after using the colleges services more, the recreation center here is amazing, they have so many options for medicail care to make a students life better, massage therapy, physycial therapy, hiv tests and so much more. I can now see why people recommend uccs.

The financial aid office is a night mare, to work with the advisors here a re rude to work with and have put words into my mouth and have been cutting me off. Good luck working with these people

I do not recommend uccs.

Another positive about this college is the fact that their are a ton of internships for many fields, whichever career field you are going for UCCS most likely has an internship for it, and or they will help you land a job in that field; I am speaking on the engineering department as im not sure if the other departments have them as well.

Update: I decided to transfer out as the cs department hasn't listened to my concerns, took months to respond to my concerns and caused me so much stress to where it ultimitely burnt me out from attending here anymore. I do not recommend UCCS as a uni for Any perspective student.

Steve W.

After getting my engineering degree here and now getting my masters at another college, I am forced to look at UCCS with distain and is NOT a good deal. This university does not do a good job reaching out to local prospective employers to help build relationships that will later benefit students in terms of internships.
Go elsewhere if you are going for engineering. There are better options out there.

Addy

Administration is unhelpful. You will not have an assigned advisor and they really don't care to assist or guide you in any way towards your masters degree. Good luck figuring requirements and costs out on your own from their terrible website. Tuition cost is also misleading. They will prioritize charging you money over actually assisting you in your higher education dreams.

Kennedy W.

This school has changed my life in some really great ways. I have had some amazing professors and I have gotten into some wonderful programs. Through my involvement on campus I have gotten access to some great connections throughout the community. It's a great place to go for a school, a great place to work, and a great place to spend some amazing college years! I highly recommend this school! I have gained so many resources and experiences through this school and I highly recommend it for anyone!

Kyle W.

UCCS is a great school and best bang for your buck. Campus is nice and will continue to improve as construction finishes up. While the Freshmen and Sophomore classes are sometimes pretty large (usually the Science classes for me, others were pretty small), your Junior and Senior level classes are extremely small which allows you to connect with not only the instructors but students as well, which is often a problem in large classes. Graduating in May and do not regret my decision to come here.

A few tips of advise:
- Parking does SUCK, it may improve next year with the new parking garage. Either live on campus, come early, or park in the parking lot away from the campus and get a shuttle, no other way around it until they figure out a long term solution.

- Pay attention to your student portal when it comes to Financial Aid. Sometimes things may come up out of the blue without your knowledge. Also, it is best to talk to an ACTUAL staff member at Financial Aid. No offense to the student employees, they sometimes do not know what they are talking about and just assume things which can sometimes cause problems, do yourself a favor and talk to an actual staff member to get the best information or solution regarding a problem.

- Finally, if you do stay on campus, Summit Village, the Freshmen dorms, seems to be very active given the impression I have seen from it. On the other hand, Alpine Village is not very active in the social aspect. Hope you have good roommates and you should be set for the year, otherwise get involved with something because Alpine Village is like an actual apartment community, little to no interaction with one another.