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About Trinidad State

Established in 1925, Trinidad State College was the first community college in Colorado. With campuses in Trinidad and Alamosa, Colorado, we provide an affordable and accessible education to students in southern Colorado and beyond. Trinidad State offers unique academic programs in fields such as Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS), Cosmetology, Nursing and Welding. We also have an Electrical Line Technician program as well as Art, and Technical Theatre in addition to traditional Arts and Sciences classes and a guaranteed transfer program through a partnership with four-year colleges and universities in Colorado. We are home to one of the first, and by most accounts, the premier Gunsmithing School in the United States.

Our tuition rates are consistently at least 40% LESS than Colorado’s four-year colleges and universities. We also have the highest completion rates of any community college in Colorado.

We offer the full college experience in a small town setting including dining and residence halls and we feature seventeen (17) intercollegiate sports teams. Our spacious 17-acre Trinidad Campus is also home to the Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum.

Our second campus, in Alamosa, Colorado also offers a considerable selection of courses including Nursing, Cybersecurity, Welding, Auto Mechanics and the Law Enforcement Training Academy. On either campus we can prepare a student for a continued education at a four-year school.

Trinidad State has been continually accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1962.
 
Overall, Trinidad State's service area counties include Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache. Welcome to Trojan Territory!

Mission Statement
Enriching our diverse communities through quality educational experiences and lifelong learning.

Vision Statement
Educate for the future.

Core Value
Students First
Campus Locations:
 
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Trinidad Campus

The Trinidad Campus offers a true college experience in a beautiful and friendly setting on the eastern edge of the Colorado Rockies. The historic 17-acre campus is adjacent to mountains on the north, south and west and canyons and rolling prairie on the east.
 
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Valley Campus

The Valley Campus of Trinidad State is located in downtown Alamosa. It’s a commuter campus that features friendly staff and small class sizes all within the San Luis Valley surrounded by picturesque 14,000' mountains.
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Colorado map, campus locations
Colorado map, campus locations
Colorado map, campus locations
Colorado map, campus locations
Colorado map, campus locations

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Trinidad State is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI)
HSI is defined in federal law (the Higher Education Opportunity Act, Title V, 2008) as an accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institution of higher education with 25% or more total undergraduate Hispanic full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment.