Colorado School of Trades

Overview

At a Glance

School type

Private, for-profit, 2-year

Religious affliation

Not applicable

Mission Statement

Our mission at the Colorado School of Trades is to educate students to achieve their personal and career success by providing a high quality accessible education; delivered with respect individual pride and a company spirit of teaching and learning with passion and purpose. Over the past seven decades the Colorado School of Trades has developed a system based upon hands-on project oriented training geared to train individuals who wish to become artisan craftsmen. The school prides itself on a personal approach that allows the reasonably diligent student to acquire job skills that will allow him or her to enter the work force and begin a lifelong career in their chosen field. CST has structured the curriculum in such a manner to teach the average student the basics while also allowing the exceptional student to challenge himself or herself and progress further and learn more complex skills than does the average student. Project based education allows for a student to progress faster than the average student should their talents work ethic and drive allow them to do so. Entry by the student into their chosen field is the ultimate goal.

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cost & financial aid

Financial Aid: Undergraduates

Received financial aid
46%
Did not receive aid
54%
Type of aid % of students recieving aid Average amount
Federal grants 35.0% $4,318
State/local grants 0.0% $0
Institutional grants 0.0% $0
Loans 43.0% $9,237

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Paying for Two-Year College and Trade School

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Academics

Most Popular Undergraduate majors

  • Gunsmithing/Gunsmith
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Undergraduate Majors X

  • MECHANIC AND REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS
    • Gunsmithing/Gunsmith
      • A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to make, repair, maintain, and modify firearms according to blueprints or customer specifications, using specialized hand tools and machines. See other colleges that offer this major

Types of Degrees Offered

  • Certificate
  • Associate's degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Master's degree
  • Doctoral degree
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Admissions

Undergraduate acceptance rate

Acceptance rate
98.15%
  • Apply 54
  • Accepted 53
  • Attend 47

Application Fee

Undergraduate
$0
Graduate
No information

Undergraduate application requirements

  • High school transcript

    Required
  • High school GPA

    Not applicable
  • Recommendation letter

    Not applicable
  • Admissions test
    (SAT or ACT)

    Not applicable
  • TOEFL
    (international students)

    Not applicable
  • Completion of college
    prep program

    Not applicable
  • Demonstration of
    competencies

    Not applicable
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Student Life

Student Demographics

Female Students
1%
Male Students
99%

Student Ethnicities
  1. Caucasian71.81%
  2. Not Specified21.48%
  3. Asian2.68%
  4. American Indian/Alaska Native2.01%
  5. Black1.34%
  6. Hispanic/Latino0.67%
  7. Two Or More Ethnicities0.01%

Student body breakdown

Total students enrolled

199

Undergraduate students

199

Attendance breakdown

Full time
17%
Part time
83%

Student services

  • Meal plan
  • Counseling services
  • Remedial services
  • Work-study
  • Placement services
  • Study abroad
  • Weekend/evening classes
  • On-campus day care for student's children
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