Aims Students Gain Low-Cost On-Campus Health Care

Students without full insurance can now get low-cost mental, dental, and physical health services at the college's new center.

Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Financial Aid

Aims Students Gain Low-Cost On-Campus Health Care

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Should community colleges provide on-campus health care for students?

Aims Community College in Greeley opened an $18.4 million, 30,000-square-foot Student Health and Wellness Center in August 2026, offering low-cost mental, dental, and physical health services to students.

Why it matters

With about half of Aims students reporting they lack insurance, are underinsured, or are on Medicaid, and about half reporting mental health challenges, low-cost on-campus care can reduce the out-of-pocket health costs that compete with tuition and books. Demand has risen sharply since the building opened, suggesting these needs were not being met elsewhere.

The center cost $18.4 million and covers 30,000 square feet, with 13 exam rooms and five dental treatment rooms. Insured students typically pay a copay of up to $20 for clinic services.

The players

Aims Community College

A public two-year college in Greeley that built the health and wellness center for its students.

Sunrise Community Health

A Greeley nonprofit health provider that runs the clinic inside the new center.

Pueblo Community College

A Pueblo two-year college whose 2007 campus medical center served as the model for Aims.

The details

The clinic on the ground floor is run by Sunrise Community Health, a Greeley nonprofit, and operates four days a week. Insured students typically pay a copay of up to $20 per visit. Aims built the center as a one-stop shop, adding services such as addiction support and therapy, after surveys showed students wanted an on-campus health clinic. The college took inspiration from Pueblo Community College, which opened a campus medical center in 2007.

2007: Pueblo Community College opened a campus medical center, a model for Aims.
2025-26: Aims provided 685 students basic needs assistance and 1,540 students scheduled counseling.
August 2026: Aims opened the Student Health and Wellness Center.

Education Landscape

Only 16% of two-year institutions offer on-campus medical services, compared with about half of four-year universities, so Aims is part of a small group of community colleges investing in campus health. Colorado's Pueblo Community College set the precedent in 2007, and Aims' facility builds on that model.

If you attend a two-year college, check whether your school offers on-campus medical or counseling services and what each visit costs before you need them. Ask your school's financial-aid or student services office how basic needs and health costs factor into your budget.

The takeaway

Health costs are part of the real price of college, and on-campus services can ease them for students without full coverage. Ask your college's student services office what low-cost care and basic needs support are available to you.