Front Range
Community College
Public Community College in Westminster, CO. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $45,910.
Ten years after entry, the median Front Range Community College student earns $45,910 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 36% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,251, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 36% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest 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. 26% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 22:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,146 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,014 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,955 at the $0–30k band to $21,378 at $110k+. 39% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 21% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 833 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 | $9,955 |
| $30–48k | $11,197 |
| $48–75k | $12,795 |
| $75–110k | $16,596 |
| $110k+ | $21,378 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,394 of these 11,146 students, totalling $14,072,087 — an average of $5,878 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Adams County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)