Colorado School of Trades

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Colorado School of Trades

Colorado School of Trades operates as a private for-profit institution located in Lakewood, Colorado (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 85 students of which 144 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Colorado School of Trades is categorized as “11” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 90.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,083 and a Pell grant recipient share of 27.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 81.4% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $51,591 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,718 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 19200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 63.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.