Front Range Community College

{{Short description|Multi-campus public college in Colorado, US}}

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|established = 1968

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|type = Public community college{{cite web|url=http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=13711&start=783 |title=Carnegie Classification |access-date=2009-03-24 |year=2009 |publisher=Carnegie Foundation }}

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|president = Dr. Colleen Simpson

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|faculty = 235 (full time), 921 (part time){{cite web|url=http://www.frontrange.edu/About-Us/Institutional-Research/FRCC-Fact-Books/Files/Staff-Distribution.aspx |title=2012 Fact Book |access-date=2013-01-17 |date=2013-01-17 |publisher=FRCC }}

|administrative_staff = 393

|students = 27,700

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|city = Westminster

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|former_names = Community College of Denver, North Campus (1968–1983, Westminster Campus)
Larimer County Voc-Tech Center (1972–1988, Larimer Campus)

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|parent = Colorado Community College System

|website = [http://www.frontrange.edu/ www.frontrange.edu]

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File:Front Range Community College Westminster Campus - traffic circle with welcome center in background - August 2021.png

Front Range Community College (FRCC) is a public community college with three campuses in Colorado, located in Westminster, Longmont, and Fort Collins. It is the largest community college in Colorado{{cite web|url=https://www.frontrange.edu/getting-in/facts-at-a-glance|title=FRCC Fast Facts|date=2018-02-06}} and the most popular transfer institution for the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and CSU Global.{{cite web|url=http://frontrange.smartcatalogiq.com/2017-2018/Catalog/About-FRCC/Chronology-FRCC-s-Campuses|title=FRCC Catalog|year=2018|publisher=FRCC|access-date=2018-02-06}} The average class size at FRCC is around 15 students.

Almost 6,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year colleges in an average year. The college also provides business training and continuing education to more than 5,000 people annually. FRCC recently made Newsweek's list of the top 100 schools in the U.S. for online learning, and the school offers approximately 500 online classes.

FRCC traces its heritage to the founding of the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education in 1967, which in 1968 established the North Campus of the Community College of Denver as its first new creation. In 1983 the North Campus was renamed as Front Range Community College and became an independent institution in 1985. In 1988, the Larimer County Voc-Tech Center was incorporated as the Larimer Campus of FRCC. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.{{cite web|url=https://www.hlcommission.org|title=Higher learning commission|access-date=2018-02-06}}