by our College Data Analytics TeamHere is what you can expect to pay at Colorado School of Trades, spanning what it costs to attend, projected costs over a degree, net price, debt outcomes, and aid equity.
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Net price strips out grant and scholarship aid to show what families really pay. For most families it is a more realistic figure than the published cost.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $26,083.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $22,635.00 |
Run your own numbers with the Colorado School of Trades Net Price Calculator, or get in touch with the financial aid office.
Dig into how aid is awarded on the grants & scholarships detail.
The typical debt load for borrowers leaving Colorado School of Trades amounts to $13,375.00, landing it in the Low ($10-20k) burden tier.
Here’s how debt at graduation distributes across borrowers:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $4,929.00 |
| 25th | $8,000.00 |
| Median (50th) | $13,375.00 |
| 75th | $20,000.00 |
| 90th | $20,000.00 |
The distance from the 10th to the 90th percentile shows how widely debt outcomes vary.
Read the complete debt breakdown on the student loan debt page.
Whether your parents attended college is associated with differences in median debt at graduation.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $16,000.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $12,000.00 |
First-gen borrowers at Colorado School of Trades leave with $4,000.00 more median debt than continuing-generation peers.
Pell Grant eligibility is a useful proxy for low-income status among undergraduates. Comparing Pell recipients vs non-recipients shows how debt is distributed by need.
The median debt gap between Pell and non-Pell graduates of Colorado School of Trades stands at $7,734.00. Federal data flags this school for Pell-related debt inequity.
The Department of Education default-rate tier for Colorado School of Trades is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 1.9% |
For context on the loan portfolio, Stafford disbursements at Colorado School of Trades add up to $13,772,221.00 across 1,008 borrowers.
Veterans and current servicemembers may be eligible for major federal education benefits like the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD tuition assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 46 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $14,094.00 |
Read more about military and veteran aid on the college veterans page.
Use the figures above as a launch point, then think through Colorado School of Trades, think through the questions below:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.