+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Red Rocks Community College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($4.4k → $4.9k).
Colorado · Public · Predominantly certificates
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood, Colorado. 4,281 undergraduate students. 74 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Red Rocks 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 Red Rocks Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Red Rocks Community College rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($15.8k → $17.5k).
+45%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Red Rocks Community College rose 45% between 2021 and 2024 (22.1% → 32.0%).
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.
$46,288+12% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$41,495
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry37.4%+93% · '97→'24
Colorado median 55.5%$4,900+217% · '97→'20
At program completion4,281+10% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS100.0%+89% · '04→'23
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,707+215% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,947SECTION 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
1.4%Median federal debt $4,900 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $46,288 (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.
+93%
Red Rocks Community College · completion · 150% rose
16.6% → 32.0%
+89%
Red Rocks Community College · retention rose
53.0% → 100.0%
+215%
Red Rocks Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,544 → $4,859
+162%
Red Rocks Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,674 → $17,459
+217%
Red Rocks Community College · median debt rose
$3,000 → $9,500
-100%
Red Rocks Community College · cohort default rate fell
19.0% → 0.0%
+28%
Red Rocks Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,100 → $46,288
+33%
Red Rocks Community College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$32,600 → $43,221
+36%
Red Rocks Community College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,500 → $41,495
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.$100,340Criminal Justice and Corrections.$86,955Criminal Justice and Corrections.$79,287Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$67,335Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$63,049Fire Protection.$61,859Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$59,483Fire Protection.$59,262Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$58,860Business Administration, Management and Operations.$51,472Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$49,333Accounting and Related Services.$46,379Health and Medical Administrative Services.$41,435Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$36,174
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 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
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Red Rocks 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
$217,706
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,079
- 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
“Red Rocks Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Red Rocks Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Red Rocks 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.