Red Rocks Community College, Denver

Name

Red Rocks Community College, Denver

Legal name

Red Rocks Community College

Website

https://rrcc.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Public community college tuition revenue from in-state and out-of-state students enrolled in credit-bearing courses. Students pay per-credit tuition rates with additional fees for specific programs and services.
2. State Funding (CCCS): Operational funding from Colorado Community College System and state appropriations as part of Colorado's public higher education system serving 163,000+ students annually across 13 colleges.
3. Continuing Education and Workforce Training: Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC) provides non-credit professional development, corporate training, and workforce upskilling programs to employers and individuals.
4. Financial Aid Administration: College administers federal Title IV financial aid, grants, and scholarships including $10 million in scholarships distributed to 5,400+ students since 1991.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Red Rocks Community College is a public two-year institution offering over 125 degree programs (including four bachelor's and one master's-level) and 285 certificate programs delivered across two campuses (Lakewood and Arvada) and online via D2L. It serves traditional students, high school concurrent enrollees, reentry adults through the Gateway Program, and working professionals via the Rocky Mountain Education Center. The college provides associate degrees, university transfer pathways, career training, and customized corporate workforce development.

Product overview

Red Rocks Community College offers a comprehensive educational portfolio centered around its primary learning management system, D2L (Desire2Learn), which supports online, hybrid, remote, and face-to-face course delivery. The institution provides over 125 degree programs and 285 certificate programs through on-campus (Lakewood and Arvada) and online modalities including RRCC Online and CCCOnline. Student support offerings include the Gateway Program (reentry education), Trefny Honors Program, TRIO SSS STEM Program, and the Entrepreneur Center for innovation support. Career services are delivered through the Handshake platform, while continuing education and corporate training are handled by the Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Instructional Technology Department: Department providing instructional design and technology support to faculty, focusing on improving learning outcomes in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms.
• Gateway Program
• Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC)
• Trefny Honors Program
• D2L (Desire2Learn)

Products and services

• Degree and Certificate Programs
• RRCC Online
• Gateway Program
• Trefny Honors Program
• Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC)
• Entrepreneur Center
• TRIO SSS STEM Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Average class size under 20 students
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Colorado Community College System (CCCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRed Rocks Community College is part of the Colorado Community College System, Colorado's largest system of higher education comprising 13 colleges serving 163,000+ students annually. The system provides governance, policies, and shared resources including the D2L learning management system and CCCOnline consortium.
• HandshakecoreTechnology or IntegrationHandshake is the leading career platform for college students. RRCC students and graduates have exclusive access to the platform for job searching, career events, resume posting, and virtual and in-person career fairs.
• Saint Francis CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDenver-based nonprofit providing employment counseling, showers, clothing, food bank, storage, mailbox services, nursing support, notary services, and shelter listings. Gateway Program connects students with this resource.
• Second Chance CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDenver-based reentry services provider offering employment assistance and community support. Gateway Program connects students with this organization for workforce reentry support.
• United Way 2-1-1minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral service connecting Gateway Program students with housing, utility assistance, food banks, mental health services, GED classes, medical clinics, and legal aid resources.
• Quality Matters (QM)coreTechnology or IntegrationNational organization providing quality assurance standards for online education. RRCC instructors teaching online courses have completed QM training to ensure online and hybrid courses meet peer-reviewed quality standards.
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)coreTechnology or IntegrationStandards body establishing WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standards. RRCC implements these standards for web accessibility and course content design, ensuring compliance with Colorado Community College System digital accessibility requirements.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Austin Community College: Large multi-campus Texas community college with very similar program breadth (associate, bachelor, certificates), corporate training, and concurrent enrollment partnerships — broad incumbent peer for benchmark on scale and workforce offerings.
• Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA): Largest community college in the US with comparable associate, transfer, and workforce programs and large-scale online delivery. Provides a national scale benchmark even though outside Colorado.
• Pima Community College: Large multi-campus public community college district in Tucson, AZ. Similar scale of degree/certificate programs, workforce training (e.g., corporate partnerships), and D2L/online delivery — a credible same-category but out-of-state comparator.

Direct peers

• Lamar Community College: Small rural CCCS college on the eastern plains of Colorado. Same CCCS governance, shared online and articulation infrastructure; comparable on accreditation, financial aid administration, and rural workforce mission.
• Front Range Community College: Direct CCCS sibling college serving the Front Range corridor including Westminster (adjacent to Denver metro). Operates under identical governance, shared tuition model, D2L LMS, and CCCOnline consortium — the most directly comparable institution to RRCC.
• Morgan Community College: Rural CCCS sister college in Fort Morgan; same governance and accreditation framework. Useful benchmark for rural CCCS operations and small-community-college service models within the same parent system.
• Pikes Peak State College: CCCS peer serving Colorado Springs; comparable size, degree and certificate portfolio, online delivery via D2L, and corporate training through workforce channels. Closely matched on modalities and student demographics.
• Community College of Aurora: CCCS peer serving Aurora, immediately adjacent to Denver. Same tuition structure, system accreditation, and online consortium; directly comparable on program mix, transfer pathways, and adult-learner population.
• Arapahoe Community College: Direct CCCS peer serving the south Denver metro (Littleton). Operates the same business model, programs, and consortium platforms; competes head-to-head with RRCC for in-Denver-metro students and is the closest geographic overlap.
• Community College of Denver: CCCS peer located in downtown Denver, sharing the same urban catchment and workforce development partners. Most-overlapping institutional competitor for the same Denver metropolitan student base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rrccedu
• Facebookfacebook.com/redrockscc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/red-rocks-community-college

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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