Pikes Peak State College

Colorado Springs, Colorado · Public · Predominantly associate's · 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 $4,709. 23% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $45,162 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $9,000.

Average net price
$4,709
per year Verified data
Completion rate
23%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$45,162
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$9,000
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$4,662
Out-of-state tuition and fees$17,702
Average cost of attendance$16,398
Books and supplies$1,460
Room and board, on campusData unavailable
Average net price, all aided students$4,709
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$2,558
Average net price, family income over $110,000$15,483

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
9,595
Graduate enrollment
Data unavailable
Students receiving Pell grants
35%
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 time23%
Completion within normal timeData unavailable
First-year retention (full-time)Data unavailable
Median federal debt, graduates$9,000
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$102
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$10,099
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry60%
1 year after completion$41,928
4 years after completion$48,538
6 years after entry$40,861
8 years after entry$43,168
10 years after entry$45,162
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $45,162; the middle half earned $25,198 to $67,098. 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 Pikes Peak State 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.

83 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 (41)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
66$41,603Suppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
152$45,021$9,625
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
American Sign Language
CIP 16.16 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · No credentials fully online
45Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection
CIP 46.04 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Software and Media Applications
CIP 11.08 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
CIP 11.09 · Some credentials fully online
15$51,858Suppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
59Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
131Suppressed for privacy$8,820
Culinary Arts and Related Services
CIP 12.05 · No credentials fully online
51Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
31Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.13 · No credentials fully online
75Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
CIP 46.03 · No credentials fully online
10Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.05 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
CIP 03.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fire Protection
CIP 43.02 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graphic Communications
CIP 10.03 · No credentials fully online
58Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
30Suppressed for privacy$11,624
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
CIP 47.02 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.03 · No credentials fully online
3Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
CIP 51.39 · No credentials fully online
276Suppressed for privacy$9,500
Precision Metal Working
CIP 48.05 · No credentials fully online
141Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
7$40,730Suppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed 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
87Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · No credentials fully online
213$45,885Suppressed for privacy
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
CIP 01.83 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Zoology/Animal Biology
CIP 26.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (39)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
20$47,031$11,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
24$61,643$12,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
26$38,144$15,812
American Sign Language
CIP 16.16 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.01 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
CIP 10.02 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection
CIP 46.04 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
15$46,478Suppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
CIP 11.09 · Some credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
52Suppressed for privacy$13,750
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Construction Trades, General
CIP 46.00 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online
23$40,554Suppressed for privacy
Culinary Arts and Related Services
CIP 12.05 · No credentials fully online
40Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
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
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.04 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
CIP 03.02 · No credentials fully online
7$25,552Suppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fire Protection
CIP 43.02 · All credentials fully online
16$69,030Suppressed for privacy
Graphic Communications
CIP 10.03 · No credentials fully online
26Suppressed for privacy$14,250
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
CIP 47.02 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
2Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Legal Support Services
CIP 22.03 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
966$35,241$11,138
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
3Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
CIP 31.99 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Precision Metal Working
CIP 48.05 · No credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
123$76,285$20,000
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
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CIP 47.06 · No credentials fully online
22$48,629Suppressed for privacy
Zoology/Animal Biology
CIP 26.07 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed 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
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03 · All credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
58$75,859$19,553
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 127820, OPEID 008896. 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.