Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, CO · Public · Large suburb · RRCC
Public institution in Lakewood, CO · 4,281 undergraduates · $46,288 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 0%Full-time retention
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 7%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 13%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
- $9,356288th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,707135th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $16,947657th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $18,048264th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $9,50083rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,2881,282nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,4951,122nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 37.4%1,575th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 100.0%1st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4,281552nd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 26.0:12,072nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 19.3%1,736th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 27 mi (DEN)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansEngineering Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Red Rocks Community College’s 4,281 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CO
- United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, CO · 4,124 undergrads
- Community College of DenverDenver, CO · 5,156 undergrads
- Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, CO · 3,293 undergrads
- Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, CO · 5,363 undergrads
- Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, CO · 5,392 undergrads
- Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, CO · 3,070 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, VA · 4,282 undergrads
- Salem State UniversitySalem, MA · 4,286 undergrads
- Bentley UniversityWaltham, MA · 4,288 undergrads
- Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA · 4,254 undergrads
- Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, WA · 4,248 undergrads
- University of Southern MainePortland, ME · 4,245 undergrads
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