Pikes Peak State College (PPCC) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

Starting Fall 2026, PPSC has a new transfer-pathway partnership with Colorado College (a highly selective private liberal arts institution) that enrolls up to just 2 PPSC students per year who complete an associate degree with a 3.3+ GPA, with pre-application advising from both colleges and up to 64 transferable semester hours accepted. A student interested in this specific opportunity should connect with PPSC's transfer advising office immediately given its newness and extreme capacity limit (2 students annually), rather than assuming general transfer advising covers this distinctive, highly selective option.

PPSC's nursing program runs three distinct application tracks (Traditional ADN requiring an active Colorado CNA certificate, LPN-to-RN requiring an active Colorado LPN license, and Paramedic-to-RN requiring an active Colorado Paramedic certificate/license), each with its own specific application window (e.g., the Paramedic-to-RN application opens Oct. 15-31, 2026) - a student should confirm which specific track applies to their existing credentials before assuming a generic "nursing application" covers all three. Attending the required information session (in-person or recorded) is itself a mandatory application component, not just an optional resource.

PPSC's nursing admission uses a 60-point ranking system where GPA from the two required prerequisite courses earns up to 20 points, but students who've taken either Anatomy & Physiology prerequisite more than once within the current 7-year period have only their first two attempts' letter grades averaged for scoring - meaning a third or later attempt doesn't help the score calculation. A student who struggled with a prerequisite the first time should strategize around this 7-year, first-two-attempts averaging rule rather than assuming a strong recent retake alone will maximize their points.

Beyond the new, highly limited Colorado College pathway, PPSC's broader Bridge to Bachelor's Degree Program guarantees admission to a participating Colorado public university for any first-time student at any Colorado Community College System school who completes an AA or AS degree - a separate, much less restrictive guarantee than the Colorado College partnership. A student should pursue both options in parallel: the Bridge program as a reliable, broadly-available transfer guarantee, and the Colorado College pathway only if their GPA and goals specifically align with that highly selective, capacity-limited option.