Colorado Colleges Statistics

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2023 Colorado Colleges Statistics

In Colorado State, there are 131 Colorado Colleges - 37 public and 94 private schools. Among them, 123 schools are offering undergraduate programs and 41 schools have graduate programs. 65 Colorado Colleges offer the distance learning Opportunities and 5 schools are online completely schools that all degree programs can be completed by online educationin Colorado. Total 365,378 students are attending Colorado Colleges and the average students to faculty ratio is 15.17 to 1. The 2023 average tuition & fees at Colorado Colleges is $7,075 for Colorado residents and $17,330 for out-of-state students. The average graduate tuition & fees is $12,189 for Colorado residents and $19,895 for out-of-state students. Next table shows the 2021-2022 statistics for Colorado Colleges.
Colorado Colleges Statistics
academic year 2021-2022
Number of Schools131 schools
By Types37 public, 94 private
By Levels62 four(4) years
35 two but less than four years
34 less than two(2) years
By Categories11 National Universities
1 Liberal Arts Colleges
35 Community Colleges
Tuition & fees
Undergraduate$7,075 Colorado residents
$17,330 out-of-state
Graduate$12,189 Colorado residents
$19,895 out-of-state
Average Financial Aid$6,969
Student Population365,378
Undergraduate305,349
Graduate60,029
Acceptance Rate78.80%
Test Scores1,138 SAT, 25 AVG
Students to Faculty Ratio15.17 to 1

Colorado Colleges Comparison By Rank, Tuition, and Admission

Next table lists Colorado Colleges ordered by rank. The number in rank column refers to the rank in the Colorado college ranking. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
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2021-2022 Colorado Colleges Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
1 United States Air Force Academy
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Public, 4-yearsUSAF Academy, CO
- - 4,18112% 1,349 SAT
32 ACT
8 to 1
2 Colorado College
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Private, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$65,028 $43,688 2,20316% 1,370 SAT
32 ACT
10 to 1
3 Colorado School of Mines
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Public, 4-yearsGolden, CO
$42,120
($20,040)
$11,772 7,40358% 1,400 SAT
31 ACT
17 to 1
4 University of Denver
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$56,439 $31,796 13,73478% 1,320 SAT
30 ACT
8 to 1
5 University of Colorado Boulder
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Public, 4-yearsBoulder, CO
$38,962
($12,590)
$10,285 39,58581% 1,280 SAT
29 ACT
18 to 1
6 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
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Public, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$26,890
($9,634)
$8,268 23,74475% 1,140 SAT
24 ACT
17 to 1
7 Colorado State University-Fort Collins
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Public, 4-yearsFort Collins, CO
$32,517
($12,559)
$10,563 33,40391% 1,180 SAT
26 ACT
17 to 1
8 Regis University
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$42,220 $19,470 4,66876% 1,120 SAT
25 ACT
9 to 1
9 Western Colorado University
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Public, 4-yearsGunnison, CO
$22,837
($10,813)
$8,590 3,54892% 1,130 SAT
25 ACT
16 to 1
10 DeVry University-Colorado
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Private, 4-yearsWestminster, CO
$15,032 $5,487 52- - 7 to 1
11 Colorado State University Pueblo
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Public, 4-yearsPueblo, CO
$16,324
($9,245)
$8,310 6,61799% 1,020 SAT
21 ACT
15 to 1
12 Colorado Mesa University
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Public, 4-yearsGrand Junction, CO
$23,019
($9,297)
$7,208 8,90582% 1,050 SAT
22 ACT
18 to 1
13 University of Northern Colorado
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Public, 4-yearsGreeley, CO
$24,159
($10,769)
$8,069 9,38079% 1,090 SAT
24 ACT
14 to 1
14 University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Public, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$22,332
($12,380)
$7,601 11,43185% 1,130 SAT
24 ACT
15 to 1
15 Adams State University
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Public, 4-yearsAlamosa, CO
$21,848
($9,776)
$9,891 2,85499% 1,040 SAT
22 ACT
13 to 1
16 Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Public, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$28,092
($10,260)
$7,120 16,99598% 1,020 SAT
20 ACT
16 to 1
17 Fort Lewis College
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Public, 4-yearsDurango, CO
$19,724
($9,212)
$15,011 3,40091% 1,160 SAT
22 ACT
15 to 1
18 Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
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Private, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$12,696 $5,247 24,808- - 31 to 1
19 Naropa University
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Private, 4-yearsBoulder, CO
$34,600 $22,874 1,065100% - 9 to 1
20 Colorado Christian University
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Private, 4-yearsLakewood, CO
$26,846 $11,342 8,964- - 16 to 1
21 Argosy University-Denver
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$13,438 - 399- - 6 to 1
22 University of the Rockies
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
- - 1,119- - -
24 Colorado State University Global
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Public, 4-yearsAurora, CO
$8,400 $3,901 9,56597% 545 SAT
17 ACT
15 to 1
- Empire Beauty School-Aurora
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Private, Less than 2 yearsAurora, CO
$19,350 $4,632 73- - 20 to 1
- University of Phoenix-Colorado
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Private, 4-yearsLone Tree, CO
$9,552 - 99- - 5 to 1
- Tuana European Beauty Academy
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Private, Less than 2 yearsFort Collins, CO
$17,995 $3,241 33- - 9 to 1
- National Beauty College
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Private, 2-4 yearsDenver, CO
$3,100 $3,607 21- - 7 to 1
- Altierus Career College-Colorado Springs
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Private, 2-4 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$12,015 - 87- - 24 to 1
- Columbia College - Denver
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Private, Less than 2 yearsAurora, CO
- - -- - -
- Morgan Community College
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Public, 4-yearsFort Morgan, CO
$15,579
($3,930)
$5,769 1,462- - 14 to 1
- Avalon Institute-Aurora
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Private, Less than 2 yearsAurora, CO
$9,000 $3,849 188- - 21 to 1
- Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
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Private, 2-4 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$18,581 $1,834 28100% - 5 to 1
- Colorado Mountain College
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Public, 4-yearsGlenwood Springs, CO
$11,820
($4,980)
$5,628 5,184- - 13 to 1
- IBMC College
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Private, 2-4 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$31,500 - 269- - 6 to 1
- Community College of Denver
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Public, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$16,235
($4,586)
$5,035 7,292- - 20 to 1
- Intellitec College-Grand Junction
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Private, 2-4 yearsGrand Junction, CO
$22,509 $4,212 1,105- - 22 to 1
- Academy of Natural Therapy Inc
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Private, Less than 2 yearsGreeley, CO
$15,750 $4,862 45- - 7 to 1
- The Salon Professional Academy-Grand Junction
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Private, 2-4 yearsGrand Junction, CO
$20,140 $5,846 53- - 15 to 1
- Otero Junior College - La Junta High School
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Public, 2-4 yearsLa Junta, CO
$6,730
($4,226)
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- Iliff School of Theology
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$19,824 - 185- - -
- ITT Technical Institute-Westminster
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Private, 4-yearsWestminster, CO
- - -- - 11 to 1
- The Salon Professional Academy-Colorado Springs
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Private, Less than 2 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$7,900 $6,515 72- - 15 to 1
- Northeastern Junior College
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Public, 2-4 yearsSterling, CO
$7,691
($5,345)
$6,021 1,446- - 18 to 1
- Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
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Private, 4-yearsLakewood, CO
$22,607 $5,204 2,050- - 14 to 1
- Colorado School of Healing Arts
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Private, Less than 2 yearsLakewood, CO
$11,600 $5,096 55- - 3 to 1
- National American University-Colorado Springs South
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Private, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$15,000 - 146- - 7 to 1
- Empire Beauty School-Littleton
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Private, Less than 2 yearsLittleton, CO
$19,350 $4,316 58- - 12 to 1
- Otero Junior College - Fort Lyon Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
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Public, 2-4 yearsLas Animas, CO
$6,730
($4,226)
- -- - -
- Emily Griffith Technical College
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Public, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$11,486 $3,255 5,313- - 11 to 1
- Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture
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Private, 4-yearsLouisville, CO
- - 34- - -
- Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology
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Private, 2-4 yearsDenver, CO
$13,819 $4,429 20550% - 28 to 1
- Columbia College - Denver
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Private, 4-yearsAurora, CO
- - -- - -
- IBMC College
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Private, 2-4 yearsFort Collins, CO
$14,960 $3,505 384- - 8 to 1
- United Beauty College
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$4,030 $4,605 25- - 10 to 1
- The Art Institute of Colorado
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$17,626 - 611- - 12 to 1
- Pikes Peak State College
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Public, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$15,714
($4,065)
$6,753 11,899- - 21 to 1
- Technical College of the Rockies
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Public, Less than 2 yearsDelta, CO
$1,500 $5,444 261- - 7 to 1
- Intellitec College-Colorado Springs
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Private, 2-4 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$39,403 $4,156 691- - 22 to 1
- Johnson & Wales University-Denver
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$34,376 $20,035 397- - 6 to 1
- New Dimensions Beauty Academy Inc
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Private, 2-4 yearsParker, CO
$15,600 - 69- - 11 to 1
- CollegeAmerica-Fort Collins
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Private, 4-yearsFort Collins, CO
$14,585 - 113- - 13 to 1
- Columbia College - Centennial
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Private, 4-yearsCentennial, CO
$8,496 - -- - -
- Hair Dynamics Education Center
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Private, 2-4 yearsFort Collins, CO
$16,500 - 117- - 13 to 1
- Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado Springs
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Private, Less than 2 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$17,100 $5,463 178- - 16 to 1
- Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
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Private, 2-4 yearsBroomfield, CO
$16,576 $8,556 284- - 11 to 1
- Nazarene Bible College
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Private, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$10,002 $3,105 566- - 6 to 1
- Cheeks Beauty Academy
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Private, Less than 2 yearsLoveland, CO
$16,200 $5,100 38- - 10 to 1
- National American University-Centennial
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Private, 4-yearsCentennial, CO
$15,000 - 129- - 6 to 1
- Colorado School of Trades
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Private, 2-4 yearsLakewood, CO
$25,200 $3,925 13078% - 10 to 1
- Colorado Media School
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$18,750 $5,219 55- - 11 to 1
- Paul Mitchell the School-Denver
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Private, Less than 2 yearsLakewood, CO
$19,428 $3,211 252- - 29 to 1
- Otero Junior College - East School
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Private, Less than 2 yearsLa Junta, CO
- - -- - -
- Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder
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Private, 2-4 yearsBoulder, CO
$20,743 $4,712 8,894- - 71 to 1
- Arapahoe Community College
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Public, 4-yearsLittleton, CO
$15,502
($4,080)
$5,914 12,636- - 23 to 1
- National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA)
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$6,220 $3,500 16145% - 27 to 1
- Colorado Heights University
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$8,706 - 103- - 7 to 1
- Pima Medical Institute-Aurora
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Private, 2-4 yearsAurora, CO
$16,355 $4,451 316- - 23 to 1
- Concorde Career College-Aurora
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Private, 4-yearsAurora, CO
$16,434 $4,010 73199% - 22 to 1
- Altierus Career College-Thornton
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Private, 2-4 yearsThornton, CO
$10,403 - 7- - 24 to 1
- CollegeAmerica-Denver
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Private, 2-4 yearsDenver, CO
$14,585 - 123- - 14 to 1
- Pickens Technical College
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Public, 2-4 yearsAurora, CO
$8,830
($4,930)
$2,351 960- - 20 to 1
- Southwest Acupuncture College-Boulder
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Private, 4-yearsBoulder, CO
$26,997 - 25- - -
- College of International Esthetics Inc
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Private, Less than 2 yearsArvada, CO
$14,345 - 119- - 12 to 1
- CollegeAmerica-Colorado Springs
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Private, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$14,585 - 143- - 13 to 1
- Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
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Private, 2-4 yearsWestminster, CO
$14,807 - 85- - -
- Colorado Technical University-Denver South
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Private, 4-yearsAurora, CO
$12,658 - -- - -
- Glenwood Beauty Academy
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Private, 2-4 yearsGlenwood Springs, CO
$18,900 - 63- - 10 to 1
- Empire Beauty School-Thornton
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Private, Less than 2 yearsThornton, CO
$19,350 $4,680 81- - 13 to 1
- Aveda Institute-Denver
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$21,150 $2,282 341- - 21 to 1
- National American University-Colorado Springs
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Private, 4-yearsColorado Springs, CO
$15,000 - 196- - 6 to 1
- Red Rocks Community College
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Public, 4-yearsLakewood, CO
$16,135
($4,471)
$6,529 6,470- - 22 to 1
- Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$13,500 - 39- - 4 to 1
- National Personal Training Institute of Colorado
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Private, Less than 2 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$9,890 - 36- - 20 to 1
- Rocky Vista University
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Private, 4-yearsParker, CO
- - 1,531- - -
- Otero Junior College - La Junta High School
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Public, 2-4 yearsLa Junta, CO
$6,563
($4,107)
- -- - -
- Denver Seminary
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Private, 4-yearsLittleton, CO
$11,880 - 874- - -
- Tigi Hairdressing Academy-Colorado Springs
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Private, Less than 2 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$18,260 $3,261 200- - 15 to 1
- Taft University System
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Private, 4-yearsLakewood, CO
$3,740 - 526- - 15 to 1
- Aims Community College
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Public, 2-4 yearsGreeley, CO
$10,850
($2,954)
$6,538 7,178- - 17 to 1
- Turing School of Software & Design
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$25,000 $658 24382% - 14 to 1
- Lamar Community College
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Public, 2-4 yearsLamar, CO
$6,720
($4,216)
$5,769 668- - 18 to 1
- Dr. Ida Rolf Institute
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Private, Less than 2 yearsBoulder, CO
$26,361 $4,378 32100% - 10 to 1
- Ecotech Institute
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Private, 2-4 yearsAurora, CO
$37,402 - 280- - 14 to 1
- Otero College
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Public, 2-4 yearsLa Junta, CO
$6,730
($4,226)
$6,668 999- - 16 to 1
- Community College of Aurora
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Public, 2-4 yearsAurora, CO
$15,832
($4,030)
$6,777 8,343- - 13 to 1
- Pima Medical Institute-Denver
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Private, 2-4 yearsDenver, CO
$16,355 $4,570 802- - 21 to 1
- Cortiva Institute-Aurora
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Private, Less than 2 yearsAurora, CO
$15,157 - 92- - 15 to 1
- National American University-Westwood Teach-Out Site
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Private, 4-yearsAurora, CO
$12,600 - 74- - -
- Apex College of Veterinary Technology
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Private, 2-4 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$13,600 $4,464 36- - 12 to 1
- Front Range Community College
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Public, 4-yearsWestminster, CO
$15,776
($4,126)
$6,972 19,449- - 21 to 1
- Denver College of Nursing
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$12,414 $2,708 1,084- - 16 to 1
- Fort Collins Bible College
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Private, 2-4 yearsFort Collins, CO
$2,200 - -- - -
- Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$19,800 - 65- - -
- National Personal Training Institute of Colorado
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Private, Less than 2 yearsLakewood, CO
$9,890 - 58- - 30 to 1
- Colorado Northwestern Community College
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Public, 2-4 yearsRangely, CO
$6,740
($4,236)
$6,109 1,179- - 15 to 1
- Pueblo Community College
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Public, 4-yearsPueblo, CO
$16,275
($4,626)
$7,276 6,481- - 19 to 1
- Elevate Salon Institute-Westminster
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Private, Less than 2 yearsWestminster, CO
$9,150 $4,336 108- - 15 to 1
- Stacey James Institute
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Private, Less than 2 yearsParker, CO
$18,500 $4,189 74- - 15 to 1
- Lincoln College of Technology-Denver
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Private, 2-4 yearsDenver, CO
$34,665 $3,985 1,155- - 27 to 1
- Trinidad State College
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Public, 4-yearsTrinidad, CO
$8,360
($5,240)
$7,939 1,505- - 18 to 1
- Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs
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Private, 2-4 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$16,355 $4,352 320- - 25 to 1
- Montessori Casa International
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Private, Less than 2 yearsDenver, CO
$7,800 - 9- - 9 to 1
- United College of Health and Beauty
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Private, Less than 2 yearsEnglewood, CO
$6,500 - 17- - 5 to 1
- International Salon and Spa Academy
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Private, Less than 2 yearsColorado Springs, CO
$18,265 $5,348 313- - 14 to 1
- Platt College-Aurora
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Private, 4-yearsGreenwood Village, CO
$20,590 $4,517 23265% - 11 to 1
- ITT Technical Institute-Aurora
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Private, 4-yearsAurora, CO
- - -- - 24 to 1
- Montessori Education Center of the Rockies
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Private, 4-yearsDenver, CO
$8,800 $6,345 45100% - 15 to 1
- Healing Arts Institute
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Private, Less than 2 yearsFort Collins, CO
$9,800 - 48- - 19 to 1
- Cortiva Institute-Westminster
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Private, Less than 2 yearsWestminster, CO
$15,157 - 104- - 15 to 1
Average$17,330
($7,075)
$6,969 365,37878.80% 1,138 SAT 15.17 to 1
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