Colleges in Colorado
86 degree-granting institutions in Colorado (CO). Median net price $17,047. Median graduation rate 62.9%. Compare cost, outcomes, admission rates, and program mix using official U.S. College Scorecard data.
Median net price
$17,047
Median grad rate
62.9%
Median admission rate
90%
Median size
664
Most affordable colleges in Colorado
Lowest median net price after grant aid.
Highest graduation rates in Colorado
Share of students completing a degree on time.
Colleges by city
Cities in Colorado with 3 or more institutions.
| School | State | Type | Net price | Grad rate | Admission | Size | Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Natural Therapy Inc Greeley, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 13 | Partial | |
| Adams State University Alamosa, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $12,980 | 39.4% | 99% | 1,250 | Complete | |
| Aims Community College Greeley, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $11,463 | 39.6% | Not available | 3,635 | Complete | |
| Apex College of Veterinary Technology Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $20,030 | 75.0% | Not available | 27 | Partial | |
| Arapahoe Community College Littleton, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $11,571 | 29.1% | Not available | 5,383 | Complete | |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | $37,153 | Not available | 100% | 336 | Partial | |
| Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder Boulder, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $13,367 | 47.5% | Not available | 8,504 | Complete | |
| Avalon Institute-Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $15,856 | 80.6% | Not available | 162 | Complete | |
| Aveda Institute-Denver Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,167 | 83.5% | Not available | 280 | Complete | |
| Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $22,905 | 26.9% | 59% | 139 | Complete | |
| Casa Loma College - Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | 43% | Not available | Partial | |
| Cheeks Beauty Academy Loveland, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $9,739 | 72.2% | Not available | 46 | Complete | |
| Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $34,571 | 50.0% | 100% | 23 | Complete | |
| Colorado Chinese Medicine University Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Colorado Christian University Lakewood, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,500 | 64.4% | Not available | 5,549 | Complete | |
| Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $33,375 | 87.7% | 18% | 2,014 | Complete | |
| Colorado Media School Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $30,514 | 71.4% | 100% | 38 | Complete | |
| Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $15,103 | 40.6% | 82% | 8,143 | Complete | |
| Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $7,813 | 27.4% | Not available | 2,816 | Complete | |
| Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $12,131 | 33.5% | Not available | 504 | Complete | |
| Colorado School of Healing Arts Lakewood, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $44,919 | 100.0% | Not available | 52 | Complete | |
| Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $28,690 | 81.7% | 61% | 6,155 | Complete | |
| Colorado School of Trades Lakewood, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $26,083 | 80.8% | 91% | 85 | Complete | |
| Colorado State University Global Denver, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $16,510 | 46.3% | 98% | 6,563 | Complete | |
| Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $10,051 | 39.7% | 95% | 3,042 | Complete | |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $21,279 | 66.5% | 89% | 25,538 | Complete | |
| Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | $16,745 | 18.8% | Not available | 28,086 | Complete | |
| Colorado Technical University-Denver South Aurora, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Partial | |
| Columbia College - Denver Aurora, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Partial | |
| Community College of Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Public, 2-year | $8,656 | 33.5% | Not available | 3,250 | Complete | |
| Community College of Denver Denver, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $9,450 | 20.0% | Not available | 5,096 | Complete | |
| Concorde Career College-Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | $16,666 | 63.6% | 90% | 256 | Complete | |
| Denver College of Nursing Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | 85.8% | Not available | 757 | Partial | |
| Denver Seminary Littleton, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Dr. Ida Rolf Institute Boulder, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, <2-year | $35,373 | 100.0% | 100% | 12 | Complete | |
| Emily Griffith Technical College Denver, CO | CO | Public, <2-year | $7,197 | 97.0% | Not available | 6,123 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,186 | 40.9% | Not available | 70 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Littleton Littleton, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,136 | 64.5% | Not available | 48 | Complete | |
| Empire Beauty School-Thornton Thornton, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $16,752 | 57.7% | Not available | 149 | Complete | |
| Fort Lewis College Durango, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $17,296 | 35.6% | 77% | 3,079 | Complete | |
| Front Range Community College Westminster, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $13,031 | 35.4% | Not available | 11,476 | Complete | |
| IBMC College Fort Collins, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $34,590 | 86.3% | Not available | 297 | Complete | |
| Iliff School of Theology Denver, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture Louisville, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Intellitec College-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $30,716 | 51.2% | Not available | 679 | Complete | |
| Intellitec College-Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $19,216 | 63.1% | Not available | 1,077 | Complete | |
| International Salon and Spa Academy Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,725 | 73.3% | Not available | 248 | Complete | |
| Lamar Community College Lamar, CO | CO | Public, 2-year | $9,161 | 54.7% | Not available | 400 | Complete | |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Denver Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $32,423 | 71.2% | Not available | 1,212 | Complete | |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $15,327 | 31.5% | 99% | 15,002 | Complete | |
| Montessori Education Center of the Rockies Denver, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $19,557 | 83.3% | 100% | 10 | Complete | |
| Morgan Community College Fort Morgan, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $9,266 | 44.6% | Not available | 634 | Complete | |
| Naropa University Boulder, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $29,179 | 36.7% | 100% | 339 | Complete | |
| National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) Denver, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, <2-year | $12,959 | 79.5% | 29% | 194 | Partial | |
| Nazarene Bible College Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | 66.7% | Not available | 284 | Partial | |
| Northeastern Junior College Sterling, CO | CO | Public, 2-year | $13,801 | 56.5% | Not available | 786 | Complete | |
| Otero College La Junta, CO | CO | Public, 2-year | $11,103 | 38.1% | Not available | 619 | Complete | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,022 | 84.6% | Not available | 204 | Complete | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Denver Lakewood, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,711 | 77.8% | Not available | 213 | Complete | |
| Pickens Technical College Aurora, CO | CO | Public, 2-year | $6,600 | 75.6% | Not available | 686 | Complete | |
| Pikes Peak State College Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $6,007 | 20.6% | Not available | 9,595 | Complete | |
| Pima Medical Institute-Aurora Aurora, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $23,255 | 72.1% | Not available | 266 | Complete | |
| Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $26,848 | 68.3% | Not available | 305 | Complete | |
| Pima Medical Institute-Denver Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $22,034 | 72.7% | Not available | 664 | Complete | |
| Pueblo Community College Pueblo, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $12,045 | 30.7% | Not available | 3,619 | Complete | |
| Red Rocks Community College Lakewood, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $9,044 | 32.0% | Not available | 4,889 | Complete | |
| Regis University Denver, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $18,397 | 61.0% | 86% | 2,627 | Complete | |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - Denver Denver, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Lakewood, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | $32,363 | 31.8% | Not available | 2,050 | Complete | |
| Rocky Vista University Parker, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Broomfield, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 2-year | $30,065 | 62.7% | Not available | 397 | Complete | |
| Stacey James Institute Parker, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,042 | 81.0% | Not available | 90 | Partial | |
| Taft University System Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 0 | Partial | |
| Technical College of the Rockies Delta, CO | CO | Public, <2-year | $3,796 | 95.5% | Not available | 165 | Complete | |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,409 | 65.5% | Not available | 121 | Complete | |
| Tigi Hairdressing Academy-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,777 | 59.9% | Not available | 72 | Complete | |
| Trinidad State College Trinidad, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $10,772 | 54.5% | Not available | 1,188 | Complete | |
| Tuana European Beauty Academy Fort Collins, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,052 | 77.8% | Not available | 42 | Partial | |
| United Beauty College Denver, CO | CO | Private for-profit, <2-year | $11,666 | 96.8% | Not available | 23 | Complete | |
| United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | Not available | 87.5% | 14% | 4,114 | Partial | |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $25,346 | 74.2% | 78% | 31,939 | Complete | |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $15,788 | 46.9% | 97% | 8,697 | Complete | |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $11,900 | 46.2% | 75% | 10,519 | Complete | |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | CO | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $36,131 | 75.6% | 78% | 6,025 | Complete | |
| University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $17,760 | 51.2% | 86% | 5,598 | Complete | |
| Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO | CO | Public, 4-year | $16,425 | 50.5% | 100% | 1,586 | Complete |
Frequently asked questions
How many colleges are there in Colorado?
Colorado has 86 degree-granting institutions tracked by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, spanning public, private nonprofit, and for-profit schools.
What is the average cost of college in Colorado?
The median net price across Colorado colleges is $17,047 per year. Net price is what a typical student pays after grant aid and scholarships — a much better number than sticker price.
Which Colorado colleges have the highest graduation rates?
The top performers by graduation rate include Colorado School of Healing Arts (100.0%), Dr. Ida Rolf Institute (100.0%), Emily Griffith Technical College (97.0%). Sort the table by graduation rate to see the full ranking.
Is the data on this page up to date?
Yes. All figures come from the latest College Scorecard release published by the U.S. Department of Education.