Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Intellitec College-Colorado Springs is 5 miles from Cimarron Hills
No college sits inside Cimarron Hills’ boundary, but Intellitec College-Colorado Springs’s campus in Colorado Springs, with 816 students on campus, is 5 miles from the center of town, and Pikes Peak State College is 8 miles away in Colorado Springs. About 7% of Cimarron Hills’ residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Cimarron Hills. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Cimarron Hills
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Cimarron Hills
Four private colleges within 8.8 miles, two public colleges within 14.7 miles, and Pikes Peak State College 8 miles away.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Cimarron Hills’ median household income ($80,808) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Cimarron Hills: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs (13).
Questions about college near Cimarron Hills
Is Cimarron Hills a college town?
No. About 7 of every 100 Cimarron Hills residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), about the same as Colorado (6). The nearest campus, Intellitec College-Colorado Springs, is 5 miles away in Colorado Springs.
What colleges are near Cimarron Hills?
7 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (5.9 miles, 9,488 students on campus), Pikes Peak State College (8 miles, 8,871) and United States Air Force Academy (14.7 miles, 4,124).
What is the closest community college to Cimarron Hills, and what does it cost?
Pikes Peak State College in Colorado Springs, 8 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,510 a year for Colorado residents; the federal net price, $6,007, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Colorado Colorado Springs cost if we live in Colorado?
Tuition and fees are $10,149 a year in-state and $24,336 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $12,065 (under $30,000 income) to $22,142 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Cimarron Hills. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →