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Colorado bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 27 schools in Colorado (27 with published 4-year medians) and 400 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are listed largest enrollment first. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
27
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
400
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$59,810
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$38,743
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 400 programs.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 1 B 7 C 3 D/F 1 15 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollment ↓Median EarningsEarnings Range# ProgramsAdj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
University of Colorado Boulder 31,939 $69,651 $38,701–$121,952 39 C+ B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs 28,086 $65,877 $41,964–$95,519 9 — C+ $40k$60k$80k
Colorado State University-Fort Collins 25,538 $59,256 $34,552–$114,076 50 — B $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Metropolitan State University of Denver 15,002 $57,312 $38,957–$111,187 49 A− B $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 10,519 $60,023 $46,532–$112,754 28 B+ B $60k$80k$100k
University of Colorado Colorado Springs 8,697 $53,962 $37,628–$121,678 22 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Colorado Mesa University 8,143 $54,519 $32,144–$96,708 18 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Colorado State University Global 6,563 $73,403 $52,742–$95,518 11 — B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Colorado School of Mines 6,155 $97,087 $87,278–$127,217 13 B− B+ $90k$100k$110k$120k$130k
University of Denver 6,025 $69,725 $48,461–$121,993 23 B A− $60k$80k$100k$120k
University of Northern Colorado 5,598 $53,470 $37,749–$95,775 33 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Colorado Christian University 5,549 $58,775 $43,168–$91,195 13 — B $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Community College of Denver 5,096 $81,896 $81,896–$81,896 1 — — $82k
Fort Lewis College 3,079 $46,374 $39,598–$77,389 16 C− C− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Colorado State University Pueblo 3,042 $56,194 $35,436–$91,816 20 C+ C+ $40k$60k$80k
Colorado Mountain College 2,816 $64,949 $52,293–$92,166 3 — — $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Regis University 2,627 $75,857 $46,341–$114,098 11 B B+ $60k$80k$100k
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design 2,050 $41,617 $37,239–$48,472 3 — — $38k$40k$42k$45k$48k
Colorado College 2,014 $59,810 $37,393–$122,998 4 — — $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Western Colorado University 1,586 $48,109 $39,414–$63,922 11 F C $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
Adams State University 1,250 $51,111 $41,809–$78,402 5 — C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Denver College of Nursing 757 $83,778 $83,778–$83,778 1 — — $84k
Naropa University 339 $43,238 $43,238–$43,238 1 — — $43k
Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora 336 $87,378 $87,378–$87,378 1 — — $87k
Nazarene Bible College 284 $53,377 $49,899–$56,855 2 — — $50k$52k$55k
DeVry University-Colorado — $68,178 $47,440–$88,911 12 — B− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Platt College-Aurora — $81,175 $81,175–$81,175 1 — — $81k

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.