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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Co

30 colleges and universities in Co with 383 school+major combinations analyzed.

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30
Schools
$27K
Avg Median Debt
$59K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Co

Red Rocks Community College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $14K
Avg earnings: $80K/yr

Pikes Peak State College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $16K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Pueblo Community College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $18K
Avg earnings: $70K/yr

Morgan Community College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $18K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Community College of Denver

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Colorado School of Mines

public · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $85K/yr

Colorado Mountain College

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

United States Air Force Academy

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Fort Lewis College

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Colorado College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Colorado Mesa University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Front Range Community College

public · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

University of Colorado Boulder

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

University of Denver

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Colorado State University-Fort Collins

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Adams State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Arapahoe Community College

public · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Colorado State University Pueblo

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Metropolitan State University of Denver

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

University of Northern Colorado

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Trinidad State College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs

private · 10 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $75K/yr

Regis University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Western Colorado University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Naropa University

private · 10 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

Colorado Christian University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $37K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

private · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $39K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Platt College-Aurora

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $52K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 30 colleges and universities in Co, covering 383 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Co is $27K. First-year earnings average $59K.

Among tracked schools, Red Rocks Community College has one of the lowest average debt levels in Co. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. college cost, debt, and post-graduation earnings distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.