Community College of Denver

Denver, Colorado · Public · Predominantly associate's · City: Large

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The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $4,799. 14% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $44,120 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $11,000.

Average net price
$4,799
per year Verified data
Completion rate
14%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$44,120
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$11,000
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$5,218
Out-of-state tuition and fees$18,438
Average cost of attendance$17,222
Books and supplies$1,460
Room and board, on campusData unavailable
Average net price, all aided students$4,799
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$3,013
Average net price, family income over $110,000$14,606

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
5,096
Graduate enrollment
Data unavailable
Students receiving Pell grants
32%
Student to faculty ratio
22 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 time14%
Completion within normal timeData unavailable
First-year retention (full-time)Data unavailable
Median federal debt, graduates$11,000
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$125
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$12,154
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry63%
1 year after completion$49,020
4 years after completion$53,984
6 years after entry$44,623
8 years after entry$45,067
10 years after entry$44,120
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $44,120; the middle half earned $22,511 to $66,258. 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 Community College of Denver

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.

76 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 (27)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · Some credentials fully online
20$85,368$18,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · Some credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
CIP 52.04 · No credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · Some credentials fully online
3Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Data Science
CIP 30.70 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · Some credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · No credentials fully online
50Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03 · Some credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · All credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacy$31,251
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
CIP 51.39 · No credentials fully online
111$49,302$10,630
Precision Metal Working
CIP 48.05 · No credentials fully online
94Suppressed for privacy$9,500
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Taxation
CIP 52.16 · Some credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · Some credentials fully online
262Suppressed for privacy$8,475
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
CIP 01.83 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (47)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
47$61,975$21,437
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · Some credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · All credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · Some credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · Some credentials fully online
4Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
CIP 52.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · All credentials fully online
40Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · Some credentials fully online
4Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · Some credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · Some credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
24$87,752$21,000
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · Some credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · Some credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · All credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · Some credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · Some credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · Some credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
4Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · Some credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · All credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
260$41,147$15,000
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · Some credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · Some credentials fully online
6Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · Some credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · All credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · Some credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Precision Metal Working
CIP 48.05 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · Some credentials fully online
31Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · Some credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Science Technologies/Technicians, Other
CIP 41.99 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · Some credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
CIP 01.83 · No credentials fully online
30$45,709$11,742
Bachelor's degree (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · All credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Medical Illustration and Informatics
CIP 51.27 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
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 126942, OPEID 009542. 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.