10-yr median earnings
$81,809
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Denver, Colorado
Denver College of Nursing
Denver College of Nursing is a private for-profit institution in Denver, Colorado. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- $81,809
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Denver College of Nursing posts top-5% former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 3%
- former-student earnings, US
- +2%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Large
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Denver College of Nursing profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B
College Value Score
70/100
Denver College of Nursing
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A+
$81,809
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$26,500
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment A
80.1%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Denver College of Nursing vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Denver College of Nursing ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Denver College of Nursing: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$81,809 Top 3% higher than 97% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Denver College of Nursing | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $81,809 | #172 of 5103 | 97th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 757 | #2466 of 5462 | 55th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
757
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$81,809
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Denver College of Nursing ranks in Colorado
State rank among 69 reporting Colorado colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Denver College of Nursing | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $81,809 | #2 of 69 | 97th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 757 | #36 of 75 | 52nd |
Highest former-student earnings in Colorado
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado School of Mines | $97,335 | $28,690 |
| 2 | Denver College of NursingThis school | $81,809 | - |
| 3 | Colorado State University Global | $76,813 | $16,510 |
| 4 | Regis University | $72,105 | $18,397 |
| 5 | University of Denver | $71,155 | $36,131 |
| 6 | University of Colorado Boulder | $69,738 | $25,346 |
| 7 | Colorado College | $65,222 | $33,375 |
| 8 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | $64,270 | $11,900 |
| 9 | Galen Health Institutes-Aurora | $61,480 | - |
| 10 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | $60,543 | $21,279 |
| 11 | Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology | $59,093 | $30,065 |
| 12 | Colorado State University Pueblo | $55,563 | $10,051 |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
85.7%
Female
32.2%
First Generation
Outcomes
$80,184
Median Earnings (6yr)
91.4%
Earning Over $25K
80.1%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $80,184 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $81,809 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 91.4% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 80.1% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $26,500 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $281/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 1 | 435 | $83,778 | $83,778 | $29,090 |
| Associate's | 1 | 20 | $75,926 | $75,926 | $20,996 |
| Master's | 1 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's | 435 | $83,778 | $29,090 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's | 20 | $75,926 | $20,996 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's | 12 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Denver College of Nursing? ▼
Denver College of Nursing is a private for-profit institution in Denver, Colorado. Undergraduate enrollment is 757 students.
How much do Denver College of Nursing former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Denver College of Nursing who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $81,809 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $80,184.
Is Denver College of Nursing worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Denver College of Nursing is $26,500, while former students earn a median of $81,809 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 32% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 80.1% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $281.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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