Most Affordable Colleges in Colorado
25 schools ranked by lowest average net price after financial aid. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pikes Peak State College Colorado Springs · public | $6,007 | 23.2% | $40,796 |
| 2 | Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs · community | $7,813 | 33.8% | $44,127 |
| 3 | Community College of Aurora Aurora · community | $8,656 | 18.7% | $44,592 |
| 4 | Red Rocks Community College Lakewood · public | $9,044 | 31.6% | $46,288 |
| 5 | Lamar Community College Lamar · community | $9,161 | 37.4% | $38,719 |
| 6 | Morgan Community College Fort Morgan · community | $9,266 | 45.1% | $39,429 |
| 7 | Community College of Denver Denver · public | $9,450 | 15.9% | $39,095 |
| 8 | Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo · public | $10,051 | 41.4% | $55,563 |
| 9 | Trinidad State College Trinidad · community | $10,772 | 53.1% | $36,475 |
| 10 | Otero College La Junta · community | $11,103 | 41.0% | $39,018 |
| 11 | Aims Community College Greeley · community | $11,463 | 33.1% | $41,887 |
| 12 | Arapahoe Community College Littleton · community | $11,571 | 26.1% | $48,341 |
| 13 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver · public | $11,900 | 51.1% | $64,270 |
| 14 | Pueblo Community College Pueblo · public | $12,045 | 30.6% | $37,434 |
| 15 | Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely · community | $12,131 | 42.2% | $43,526 |
| 16 | Adams State University Alamosa · public | $12,980 | 38.8% | $44,372 |
| 17 | Front Range Community College Westminster · community | $13,031 | 26.0% | $45,910 |
| 18 | Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder Boulder · private | $13,367 | 55.6% | $32,001 |
| 19 | Northeastern Junior College Sterling · community | $13,801 | 35.3% | $39,893 |
| 20 | Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction · public | $15,103 | 42.5% | $45,823 |
| 21 | Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver · public | $15,327 | 38.1% | $52,093 |
| 22 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs · public | $15,788 | 46.8% | $54,659 |
| 23 | Western Colorado University Gunnison · public | $16,425 | 47.8% | $46,833 |
| 24 | Colorado State University Global Denver · public | $16,510 | 46.3% | $76,813 |
| 25 | Concorde Career College-Aurora Aurora · private | $16,666 | 78.6% | $42,456 |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.