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College costs in Colorado

All 46 colleges in Colorado, 34 four-year and 12 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $10,438, rising about 2.8% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 22 of the four-year schools are public. 7 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (34)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Adams State University	public	$9,776	2.2%
Arapahoe Community College	public	$4,308	2.7%
Colorado Christian University	private	$27,808	3.2%
Colorado College	private	$76,230	4.1%
Colorado Mesa University	public	$9,712	3.5%
Colorado Mountain College	public	$5,100	2.9%
Colorado School of Mines	public	$21,186	2.5%
Colorado State University Global	public	$8,400	0.0%
Colorado State University Pueblo	public	$9,401	2.0%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	public	$14,257	2.8%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs	private	$12,760	1.3%
Community College of Denver	public	$4,902	2.6%
Denver College of Nursing	private	$19,860	0.8%
DeVry University-Colorado	private	$15,032	-0.8%
Fort Lewis College	public	$9,670	3.2%
Front Range Community College	public	$4,740	3.9%
Metropolitan State University of Denver	public	$10,780	6.6%
Morgan Community College	public	$4,127	2.2%
Naropa University	private	$34,600	1.6%
Nazarene Bible College	private	$10,002	-1.4%
Pikes Peak State College	public	$4,302	3.2%
Platt College-Aurora	private	$20,590	-0.1%
Pueblo Community College	public	$4,883	3.2%
Red Rocks Community College	public	$4,707	3.9%
Regis University	private	$43,980	3.2%
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design	private	$23,273	2.0%
Taft University System	private	$3,740	0.3%
Trinidad State College	public	$4,468	3.1%
University of Colorado Boulder	public	$15,014	2.8%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs	public	$10,438	3.8%
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	public	$10,017	1.8%
University of Denver	private	$65,028	3.6%
University of Northern Colorado	public	$11,528	4.5%
Western Colorado University	public	$11,083	3.9%

Two-year colleges (12)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Aims Community College	public	$3,170	1.6%
Apex College of Veterinary Technology	private	$13,600	n/a
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology	private	$13,819	2.5%
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology	private	$19,691	2.9%
Colorado Northwestern Community College	public	$4,454	2.1%
Community College of Aurora	public	$4,030	1.9%
Fort Collins Bible College	private	$2,200	n/a
IBMC College	private	$15,320	3.0%
Lamar Community College	public	$4,422	3.1%
Northeastern Junior College	public	$5,582	5.7%
Otero College	public	$4,418	1.0%
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology	private	$17,406	1.5%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.