Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO · For-profit · Large city · CTUCS · Colorado Tech CTU
For-profit institution in Colorado Springs, CO · 25,932 undergraduates · $37,180 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Undergraduates
- Top 6%Pell Grant share
- Top 21%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 24%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $14,954674th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,760821st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,760434th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,694480th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $29,8321,819th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,1801,731st highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,4061,743rd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 17.6%1,947th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 44.0%1,784th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 25,93274th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 29.0:12,122nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 68.3%134th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 67 mi (DEN)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 15 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $75,775 | $73,446 |
| Computer Science | bachelors | $61,516 | $63,005 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | $56,957 | $57,318 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementComputer Science | bachelors | $51,482 | $74,576 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $48,198 | $46,608 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | $35,060 | $32,276 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $34,984 | $33,726 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $33,993 | $38,570 |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | $28,960 | $25,658 |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsComputer Science | bachelors | — | $28,598 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitecoloradotech.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 126827)
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