Public · Community college

Colorado Mountain College

Glenwood Springs, Colorado · Remote town

#5 best value in Colorado
27%
Transfer rate
$7,813
Avg net price
27%
Grad / completion
$44,127
Median earnings

Colorado Mountain College is a public certificate-granting institution in Glenwood Springs, Colorado (remote town setting), enrolling 2,816 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,816 undergradsRemote townOtherCold wintersSnowy

About Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Glenwood Springs is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The oral history of the Kapuuta and Mouache bands recall that Glenwood Springs is located within the traditional Nuuchiu tuvupu (The People's Land) of the Subuagan and Parianuche bands. Strawberry Days Festival, founded in 1898, is Colorado's oldest festival, and the oldest continuously held civic celebration west of the Mississippi River. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
125 miles to Denver, CO
To the ocean
660 miles
Nearest airport
23 miles to Eagle County (EGE)

How Colorado Mountain College compares

Graduation rate27%

Higher than 10% · #46 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention40%

Higher than 6%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$44,127

Higher than 81% · #11 of 44 in Colorado

Average net price$7,813

Cheaper than 79% · #5 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$9,000

Lower than 66%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment2,816

Larger than 85%

Percentiles compare Colorado Mountain 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

2,816undergrads
  • Women1,43551%
  • Men1,38149%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White56%
  • Black1.4%
  • Hispanic35%
  • Asian1.0%
  • Other or multiracial6.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,816
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
12%
First-generation students
37%
Students over 25
31%
Median family income
$30,750
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$82,656
Endowment
$21,488,610

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$2,616
Out-of-state tuition
$12,840
Room & board
$12,680
Books & supplies
$840
Total cost of attendance
$14,799
Average net price
$7,813

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
27%
Graduated on time (4 years)
3%
First-year retention
40%
Transferred to another college
27%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$36,307
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$44,127
Median debt at graduation
$9,000
Students with federal loans
8%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
48%

About 25% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
3%
Low-income (Pell)
24%
First-generation
23%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
755
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
27%
Housing charge (year)
$6,400
Meal plan (year)
$5,720
Application fee
Free
Athletics
Other
Varsity athletes
15 (10 men · 5 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (1)

Skiing15

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
4

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (5,494 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

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

2.0reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year1.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
0.7
Burglary
0.7
Motor vehicle theft
0.3
Arson
0.3

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
$5,190
$30–48k
$3,311
$48–75k
$7,413
$75–110k
$9,512
$110k+
$13,689

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$39,642

$7,413/year × about 5.3 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

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.

35%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,275
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 35% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,275. 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 264 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)
$44,127
Typical debt at graduation
$9,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
20%
Out-earn a HS grad
52%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 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
$41,667
Men
$46,220

Men out-earn women by $4,553 (11%) 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
89°F
Winter low
12°F
Annual rain
15.5″
Annual snow
38.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

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NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Glenwood Spgs #2, CO US station (2 mi from campus).

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.