Spartan College
of Aeronautics and Technology
For-profit College in Broomfield, CO. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $59,093.
Students who entered Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology land at a median of $59,093 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 63%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,188, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 63% finish inside six years. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 37% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 321 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,195 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $29,609 at $0–30k against $27,152 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is limited — 14% of students receive any. Only 12% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 48 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 | $29,609 |
| $30–48k | $33,922 |
| $48–75k | $27,152 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 40 of these 321 students, totalling $380,455 — an average of $9,511 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Broomfield County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)