unitid 128391 · Gunnison, CO · public 4-year · town (remote)
Western Colorado University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,767
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
100%
99th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
1,586
20th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
12%
undergrads on Pell grants
2nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
51%
finish within 150% time
60th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,736
69th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,425
after aid, aided students
75th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$46,833
after entry, Title IV students
40th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,250
56th 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 $11,490 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
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $61,407
- First-generation students
- 25%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,318
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 77 | — | $24,000 |
| Education, General. | 50 | $54,853 | — |
| Biology, General. | 43 | $47,411 | $23,973 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 41 | $54,857 | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 34 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 32 | $54,285 | $25,050 |
| Psychology, General. | 32 | $50,522 | $26,000 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 24 | $46,470 | $21,612 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 23 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 21 | — | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 21 | $28,705 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 19 | — | $23,500 |
— 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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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.