University of
Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Public Research University in Denver, CO. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $64,270.
A decade after enrolling, the median University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus student earns $64,270 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $20,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 75% puts University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 14,931 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Only 13% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 23% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 490–620 | 341 (23%) |
| SAT Math | 490–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–32 | 31 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 46% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 32% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. Retention drops to 54% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,686 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,831 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 $6,743 at the $0–30k band to $22,475 at $110k+. 58% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,747 — common but not automatic. 32% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 1,482 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 | $6,743 |
| $30–48k | $9,472 |
| $48–75k | $10,834 |
| $75–110k | $15,232 |
| $110k+ | $22,475 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,386 of these 10,686 students, totalling $25,624,496 — an average of $7,568 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)