Public · Community college

Aims Community College

Greeley, Colorado · Midsize city

6%
Transfer rate: $11,463
Avg net price: 40%
Grad / completion: $41,887
Median earnings

Aims Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Greeley, Colorado (midsize city setting), enrolling 3,635 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 3,635 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Greeley, Colorado

Greeley is the home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley began as the Union Colony of Colorado, which was founded in 1869 by Nathan C. Meeker, an agricultural reporter for the New York Tribune, as an experimental utopian farming community "based on temperance, religion, agriculture, education and family values," with the backing of the Tribune's editor Horace Greeley, who had visited Colorado in the 1859 Pike's Peak Gold Rush and had popularized the phrase "Go West, young man". In 2014 the Greeley Creative District was certified as an official Creative District by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 48 miles to Denver, CO
To Great Lakes shore: 769 miles
Nearest airport: 38 miles to Denver (DEN) · major hub

How Aims Community College compares

Graduation rate40%

Higher than 25% · #38 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention72%

Higher than 48%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,887

Higher than 76% · #15 of 44 in Colorado

Average net price$11,463

Cheaper than 64% · #14 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$6,844

Lower than 84%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment3,635

Larger than 88%

Percentiles compare Aims Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Colorado.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women2,15459%
Men1,48141%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White45%
Black2.5%
Hispanic41%
Asian1.2%
Other or multiracial9.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 3,635
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 15%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 19%
Median family income: $28,173
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $72,576
Endowment: $9,027,805

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,127 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Colorado99%
Other U.S. states1.1%

Most first-years stay in state — Aims Community College draws overwhelmingly from Colorado.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $2,258
Out-of-state tuition: $11,786
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,488
Total cost of attendance: $16,657
Average net price: $11,463

Outcomes

Graduated: 40%
First-year retention: 72%
Transferred to another college: 6%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $39,696
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $41,887
Median debt at graduation: $6,844
Students with federal loans: 3%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

40%

Low-income (Pell)

30%

First-generation

31%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 3

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.0reported offenses a year

0 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft

1.0

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$10,196

$30–48k

$10,625

$48–75k

$12,570

$75–110k

$14,579

$110k+

$16,344

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

39%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,812

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 39% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,812. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 525 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $41,887
Typical debt at graduation: $6,844
Debt vs. one year's pay: 16%
Out-earn a HS grad: 52%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$37,632

Men

$49,462

Men out-earn women by $11,830 (31%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 14.7″
Annual snow: 34.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Greeley Unc, CO US station (3.4 mi from campus).

What Aims Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

403 grads$30k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$9k debt

403$29,845$42,842$9,152 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

218 grads$42k 1 yr— 5 yr$8k debt

218$42,120—$8,125 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

195 grads$48k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

195$47,680——Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

147 grads— 1 yr$74k 5 yr$10k debt

147—$74,188$10,000 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

137 grads$51k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$12k debt

137$51,145$48,431$12,000 Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherCert.

98 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

98———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

88 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

88———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

45 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

45———Fire ProtectionCert.

44 grads$44k 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

44$44,470—$9,750 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

43 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

43———Air TransportationCert.

38 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

38———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

35 grads$58k 1 yr$66k 5 yr$9k debt

35$57,841$65,508$9,062

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.