unitid 126863 · Aurora, CO · public 4-year · city (large)
Community College of Aurora
- enrollment 2023
- 11,031
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,250
38th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
16%
undergrads on Pell grants
8th pctl among public 4-years
completion
33%
finish within 150% time
25th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$17,275
24th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,656
after aid, aided students
24th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$44,592
after entry, Title IV students
32nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$10,500
13th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,305 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k43%
- 30-48k22%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k9%
- 110k+7%
- Median family income
- $25,239
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,470
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 487 | $48,154 | $12,250 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 91 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 79 | $56,353 | $15,235 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 54 | — | $17,667 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 47 | $36,726 | $20,750 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 46 | $55,279 | $10,925 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 26 | $55,648 | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 25 | — | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 18 | — | — |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection. | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 12 | — | — |
| Fire Protection. | 12 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.