+22%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Community College of Denver rose 22% between 2017 and 2020 ($10.2k → $12.5k).
Colorado · Public · Predominantly associate's
Community College of Denver
Denver, Colorado. 5,156 undergraduate students. 45 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Community College of Denver
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 Community College of Denver fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4% → 0.0%).
-17%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Community College of Denver fell 17% between 2009 and 2010 (8.5% → 7.1%).
+11%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Community College of Denver rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (18.0% → 20.0%).
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.
$39,095+7% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$36,412
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry15.8%+57% · '97→'24
Colorado median 55.5%$5,500+376% · '97→'20
At program completion5,156+14% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—-2% · '04→'17
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,902+139% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,136SECTION 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
1.9%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,095 (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.
+57%
Community College of Denver · completion · 150% rose
12.8% → 20.0%
+139%
Community College of Denver · in-state tuition rose
$2,053 → $4,902
+75%
Community College of Denver · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,767 → $17,136
+376%
Community College of Denver · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,495
-100%
Community College of Denver · cohort default rate fell
21.9% → 0.0%
+25%
Community College of Denver · pell share rose
24.6% → 30.7%
+28%
Community College of Denver · earnings_median_10yr rose
$30,500 → $39,095
+26%
Community College of Denver · earnings_median_8yr rose
$28,600 → $35,977
+36%
Community College of Denver · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,700 → $36,412
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.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$72,066Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$66,188Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$61,513Precision Metal Working.$55,124Legal Support Services.$51,307Legal Support Services.$48,043Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$46,051Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$40,801Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$37,983Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$32,591Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$31,940
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
11 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Community College of Denver
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
$148,706
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,262
- HS-only baseline · CO
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
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
“Community College of Denver graduates earn $X” — not “Community College of Denver makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Community College of Denver 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.