Colorado Technical
University-Colorado Springs
For-profit College in Colorado Springs, CO. Six-year graduation rate 16%. Median 10-year earnings $37,180.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,180, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 16% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation reaches $29,832, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.80 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 16% — below national average
Academics
Only 16% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 51% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 31:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 25,932 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,449 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,474 versus $22,394), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $6,193 on average. 64% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 889 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,474 |
| $30–48k | $16,990 |
| $48–75k | $18,404 |
| $75–110k | $22,215 |
| $110k+ | $22,394 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 16,573 of these 25,932 students, totalling $134,413,219 — an average of $8,110 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (El Paso County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with this school.
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)