+17%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Colorado Christian University rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.4k → $41.3k).
Colorado · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Colorado Christian University
Lakewood, Colorado. 5,363 undergraduate students. 83 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Colorado Christian University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Colorado Christian University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
+17%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Colorado Christian University rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 ($35.4k → $41.3k).
+24%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Colorado Christian University rose 24% between 2021 and 2024 (47.1% → 58.4%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Colorado
Each tile compares this institution to the Colorado median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,416+21% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$41,623
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.3%+116% · '97→'24
Colorado median 55.5%$14,000+234% · '97→'20
At program completion5,363+632% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.9%+40% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+27% · '01→'14
latest cohort$39,266+263% · '00→'24
out-of-state $39,266SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.7%Median federal debt $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,416 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+116%
Colorado Christian University · completion · 150% rose
29.8% → 64.4%
+276%
Colorado Christian University · completion · 100% rose
15.5% → 58.4%
+40%
Colorado Christian University · retention rose
60.0% → 83.7%
+632%
Colorado Christian University · undergrad enrollment rose
758 → 5,549
+263%
Colorado Christian University · in-state tuition rose
$11,400 → $41,342
+263%
Colorado Christian University · out-of-state tuition rose
$11,400 → $41,342
+234%
Colorado Christian University · median debt rose
$8,465 → $28,312
-100%
Colorado Christian University · cohort default rate fell
6.0% → 0.0%
+176%
Colorado Christian University · pell share rose
13.6% → 37.5%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$86,166Business Administration, Management and Operations.$76,412Accounting and Related Services.$66,454Bible/Biblical Studies.$64,604Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,051Curriculum and Instruction.$60,399Human Resources Management and Services.$56,100Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$55,347Health and Medical Administrative Services.$51,973Research and Experimental Psychology.$44,318Psychology, General.$43,868Communication and Media Studies.$39,623Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$38,973
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS · CIP 39
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Colorado Christian University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$75,187
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 27
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,574
- HS-only baseline · CO
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 42
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Colorado
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Colorado Christian University graduates earn $X” — not “Colorado Christian University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Colorado Christian University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.