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University of Denver
The University of Denver, founded in 1864, is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain region, and its Josef Korbel School of International Studies, named for Madeleine Albright's father, has built a strong national reputation in international relations and diplomacy training. DU's Sturm College of Law and its Daniels College of Business have each built solid regional reputations, and the university's men's hockey program, one of the most successful in NCAA Division I history with multiple national championships, gives DU an athletic profile unusual for a private university of its size and academic focus. The university's relatively small undergraduate enrollment, around 6,000 students, and its residential south Denver campus give DU a more intimate, liberal-arts-college feel than its full research-university course catalog and graduate school offerings would otherwise suggest. DU's location within the city of Denver itself, rather than a separate college town, gives students direct access to the region's business, legal, and international affairs sectors, and the university's combination of urban access and a compact, walkable campus has made it a popular choice for students who want city access without CU Boulder's larger scale.
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Colorado College
Colorado College, founded in 1874, is best known nationally for the "Block Plan," an unusual academic calendar in which students take just one course at a time over an intensive three-and-a-half-week block, rather than juggling four or five classes simultaneously across a traditional semester. That single-course structure lets Colorado College schedule extended field trips, lab-intensive coursework, and off-campus study more easily than a traditional semester calendar would allow, and the college markets the Block Plan directly as producing more focused, immersive learning than conventional liberal arts scheduling. The college's small size, around 2,000 undergraduates, and its Colorado Springs location at the base of Pikes Peak have fostered an outdoor-recreation-oriented student culture similar to CU Boulder's, though on a much smaller, more academically intensive liberal-arts scale. Colorado College's men's and women's hockey programs compete in Division I, an unusual commitment for a small liberal arts college, reflecting the broader outdoor and athletic culture that's become as central to the school's identity as its distinctive academic calendar.
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