Schools & Education
Colorado Springs is home to The United States Air Force Academy (the favorite man-made tourist attraction in the area, playing host to some 1.4 million visitors per year), The Colorado College, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) which offers undergraduate and graduate courses of study. The Colorado College is unique among the nation’s private, four year college in that it operates on a unique “block system”. wherein Students engage in one intensive course at a time, over a period of three and a half weeks, before a brief “block break” of a few days, then beginning the next block.