Red Rocks Community College

Students complete their first two years of study at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, CO, completing their associate degree before transferring to Western Colorado University in Gunnison. Students will spend their first year at Western taking undergraduate courses, followed by a year of both undergraduate and graduate courses, leading to completion of their bachelor’s degree. Students will spend their final year taking graduate courses to earn their master’s degree.

This streamlined partnership ensures a smooth credit transfer and a cost-effective path to a master’s degree in less time.

Earn your associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in as little as five years through a seamless partnership between Red Rocks Community College and Western Colorado University. This streamlined path saves time and money while setting you up to enter the workforce with a competitive edge.

You’ll benefit from coordinated advising, financial aid support, and peer mentoring every step of the way. Once in Gunnison, you’ll gain access to unique internships and hands-on experiences in a tight-knit, opportunity-rich mountain community.

With guaranteed credit transfer and direct admission into both undergraduate and graduate programs (based on academic eligibility), this program is designed to help you go further, faster.

Students must apply as transfer students using the Western Undergraduate Application. Any student interested in partaking in this program will be automatically accepted upon meeting the following eligibility requirements:

• Completion of an associate degree from Red Rocks Community College
• At least a 2.3 GPA upon graduation from Red Rocks Community College*
• Meeting program-specific criteria of the desired graduate degree program at Western

*Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA at Western to be admitted into the School of Graduate Studies