Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, Colorado · Public · Predominantly certificate · Suburb: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Higher Learning Commission

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $8,551. 28% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $54,779 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $13,000.

Average net price
$8,551
per year Verified data
Completion rate
28%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$54,779
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$13,000
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$4,626
Out-of-state tuition and fees$17,666
Average cost of attendance$16,730
Books and supplies$1,460
Room and board, on campusData unavailable
Average net price, all aided students$8,551
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$5,486
Average net price, family income over $110,000$15,248

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
Data unavailable
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
Data unavailable
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
5,383
Graduate enrollment
Data unavailable
Students receiving Pell grants
11%
Student to faculty ratio
26 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time28%
Completion within normal timeData unavailable
First-year retention (full-time)Data unavailable
Median federal debt, graduates$13,000
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$148
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$16,479
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry71%
1 year after completion$52,226
4 years after completion$57,589
6 years after entry$49,835
8 years after entry$52,600
10 years after entry$54,779
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $54,779; the middle half earned $32,447 to $79,950. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Arapahoe Community College

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

75 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (28)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
17$44,358Suppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
180$50,073$12,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
7$46,002Suppressed for privacy
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection
CIP 46.04 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
CIP 11.09 · No credentials fully online
52Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · All credentials fully online
35Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Construction Trades, General
CIP 46.00 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
CIP 12.04 · No credentials fully online
88Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
70$62,300$19,125
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · No credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacy$27,750
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
CIP 51.39 · No credentials fully online
273Suppressed for privacy$13,518
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
96Suppressed for privacy$12,890
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · No credentials fully online
47Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (44)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacy$31,362
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · All credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
28Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
23$57,903$24,998
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
6Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
CIP 11.09 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · All credentials fully online
51Suppressed for privacy$12,396
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Construction Trades, General
CIP 46.00 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
CIP 12.04 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
44$39,058$16,781
Economics
CIP 45.06 · All credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.04 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
3Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
CIP 12.03 · All credentials fully online
41$54,973$21,562
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations
CIP 52.18 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · All credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
11$50,364$22,751
History
CIP 54.01 · All credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · No credentials fully online
7$60,533Suppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
496$41,469$13,125
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · All credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
82$73,297$28,071
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · All credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other
CIP 41.99 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · No credentials fully online
28Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (3)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03 · All credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
18$86,526$34,406
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 126289, OPEID 001346. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.