unitid 127945 · Lakewood, CO · private for-profit 4-year · suburb (large)
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
- enrollment 2023
- 3,147
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,050
82nd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
48%
undergrads on Pell grants
35th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
32%
finish within 150% time
24th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$37,505
64th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$32,363
after aid, aided students
69th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$42,958
after entry, Title IV students
68th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$31,000
85th pctl among private for-profit 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 $29,847 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k32%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $28,600
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,190
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied Arts. | 176 | $45,743 | $46,544 |
| Graphic Communications. | 46 | — | $32,982 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | 34 | $54,598 | $44,806 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 11 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 10 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 6 | — | — |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 2 | — | — |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. | 0 | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 0 | — | — |
| Music. | 0 | — | — |
| Graphic Communications. | — | — | — |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. | — | — | — |
— 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
- sticker
- net
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.