-25%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs fell 25% between 2021 and 2024 (16.1% → 12.1%).
Colorado · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado. 25,932 undergraduate students. 45 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
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 Technical University-Colorado Springs fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.3% → 0.0%).
-17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (22.6% → 18.8%).
-7pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 7 pp at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs vs the 2018–2022 baseline (17.6% vs 24.1%).
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.
$37,180+22% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$30,406
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry17.6%-50% · '97→'24
Colorado median 55.5%$12,166+1025% · '97→'20
At program completion25,932+2180% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS44.0%-16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-1% · '01→'03
latest cohort$12,760+58% · '00→'24
out-of-state $12,760SECTION 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
4.4%Median federal debt $12,166 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $37,180 (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.
-50%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · completion · 150% fell
37.7% → 18.8%
-41%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · completion · 100% fell
20.4% → 12.1%
-16%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · retention fell
60.0% → 50.6%
+2180%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · undergrad enrollment rose
1,232 → 28,086
+58%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · in-state tuition rose
$8,093 → $12,750
+58%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,093 → $12,750
+1025%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · median debt rose
$2,651 → $29,832
-100%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · cohort default rate fell
24.9% → 0.0%
+112%
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · pell share rose
29.1% → 61.6%
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.
Computer Science.$124,721Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$107,873Computer Science.$104,843Computer Science.$95,265Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$92,767Computer and Information Sciences, General.$87,800Business Administration, Management and Operations.$77,902Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$76,939Computer and Information Sciences, General.$75,344Computer and Information Sciences, General.$69,941Business Administration, Management and Operations.$61,400Business Administration, Management and Operations.$61,304Accounting and Related Services.$54,256Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,923Business Administration, Management and Operations.$43,369Health and Medical Administrative Services.$43,287Criminal Justice and Corrections.$42,510Business/Commerce, General.$39,864Business/Commerce, General.$38,691Accounting and Related Services.$38,282Health and Medical Administrative Services.$29,707
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
Computer and Information Sciences, General.$75,344Computer Science.$104,843Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$107,873Computer and Information Sciences, General.$87,800Computer Science.$95,265Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$76,939Computer and Information Sciences, General.$69,941Computer Science.$124,721
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$43,369Business Administration, Management and Operations.$61,304Business Administration, Management and Operations.$61,400Accounting and Related Services.$38,282Accounting and Related Services.$54,256Business/Commerce, General.$39,864Business/Commerce, General.$38,691Business Administration, Management and Operations.$77,902
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
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
$99,994
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 20
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,508
- HS-only baseline · CO
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 52
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 Technical University-Colorado Springs graduates earn $X” — not “Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs 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.