page_title: Colorado Mountain College
section_title: Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs
hierarchical_section_title: Colorado Mountain College / Residential campuses / Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs
caption_attribution_description: English: Spring Valley campus in Glenwood Springs
context_page_description: Colorado Mountain College is an accredited two-year and four-year institution with eleven college campuses serving 12,000 square miles in Western Colorado, United States. Founded in 1965, the institution grants more than 120 bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates, in a wide range of fields from Digital Media to Ski Area Operations. Approximately 20,000 students take on-campus or online classes every year, with a college-wide ratio of thirteen students to each teacher.
  Colorado Mountain College is ranked the highest among Colorado's associate degree granting institutions for graduation and transfer rate, and was named the nation's third-most-affordable bachelor's degree in a 2012 report from the U.S. Department of Education, being the only institution from Colorado to make the list. As of 2018, it had fallen to 19th most affordable in the same ranking.
  The CMC district includes six counties in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Garfield, Pitkin, Summit, and Routt. The state-designated service area includes: Grand, Jackson, and Chaffee.
context_section_description: One of CMC's original campuses built in 1967, Spring Valley has 124 rooms in the Sopris Residence Hall. Spring Valley offers bachelor's and associate degree classes for several programs in science labs, smart rooms and traditional classrooms.
  The Spring Valley campus has a 220-acre veterinary farm with large and small animals, an 18-hole disc golf course and a soccer field park. Approximately 1500 students pursue educations in photography, design, veterinary medicine, nursing, outdoor education and more. Spring Valley is also home for the Isaacson School for Communication, Arts and Media's facilities, with a prototype lab, radio, video and photo studios.
  This is the main theatre degree campus, hosting theatre and musical performances throughout the year at the New Space Theatre.
caption: CMC Spring Valley campus
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