unitid 127565 · Denver, CO · public 4-year · city (large)
Metropolitan State University of Denver
- enrollment 2023
- 21,129
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
99%
97th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
15,002
82nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
36%
undergrads on Pell grants
61st pctl among public 4-years
completion
32%
finish within 150% time
21st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,622
62nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,327
after aid, aided students
68th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,093
after entry, Title IV students
55th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th 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 $12,481 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
- 0-30k29%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+17%
- Median family income
- $32,101
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,124
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 250 | $45,360 | $26,641 |
| Social Work. | 226 | $63,234 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 153 | $53,863 | $26,130 |
| Biology, General. | 134 | $56,962 | $29,587 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 134 | $69,862 | $25,800 |
| Social Work. | 116 | $53,547 | $29,578 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 112 | $51,799 | $22,292 |
| Air Transportation. | 102 | $68,250 | $24,356 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 97 | $72,474 | $26,320 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 92 | — | $27,551 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 86 | $83,865 | $30,119 |
| Computer Science. | 82 | $111,694 | $22,736 |
— 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
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.