+16%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Front Range Community College rose 16% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.0k → $4.7k).
Colorado · Public · Predominantly certificates
Front Range Community College
Westminster, Colorado. 11,132 undergraduate students. 68 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Front Range Community College
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 Front Range Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.7% → 0.0%).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Front Range Community College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.5k → $17.3k).
+38%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Front Range Community College rose 38% between 2021 and 2024 (25.8% → 35.4%).
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.
$45,910+13% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$40,548
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry30.1%+224% · '97→'24
Colorado median 55.5%$7,000+367% · '97→'20
At program completion11,132+47% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+89% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,740+176% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,974SECTION 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
2.0%Median federal debt $7,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,910 (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.
+224%
Front Range Community College · completion · 150% rose
10.9% → 35.4%
+89%
Front Range Community College · retention rose
53.0% → 100.0%
+47%
Front Range Community College · undergrad enrollment rose
7,787 → 11,476
+176%
Front Range Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,692 → $4,663
+153%
Front Range Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,817 → $17,263
+367%
Front Range Community College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $12,251
-100%
Front Range Community College · cohort default rate fell
16.3% → 0.0%
+305%
Front Range Community College · pell share rose
1.9% → 17.1%
+25%
Front Range Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,600 → $45,910
+23%
Front Range Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,400 → $42,368
+27%
Front Range Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,000 → $40,548
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.$75,263Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$68,429Computer and Information Sciences, General.$68,311Geography and Cartography.$64,201Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$60,055Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,680Precision Metal Working.$55,969Computer and Information Sciences, General.$51,533Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$50,219Accounting and Related Services.$47,605Legal Support Services.$47,599Accounting and Related Services.$46,512Graphic Communications.$46,264Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$44,473Precision Metal Working.$44,454Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$44,411Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$43,493Business Administration, Management and Operations.$43,389Business Administration, Management and Operations.$42,466Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,695Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$40,794Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.$40,742Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.$39,243Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.$37,218
Showing top 24 of 29 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
29 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$50,219Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$59,680Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,263Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$35,445Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$44,473Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems.$30,132Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,695Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$33,829
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Front Range Community College
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
$144,330
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,468
- HS-only baseline · CO
- $40,100
- Years to complete
- 1
- 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
“Front Range Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Front Range Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Front Range Community College 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.