Private for-profit · Community college

IBMC College

Fort Collins, Colorado · Midsize city

#5 graduation rate in Colorado

14%
Transfer rate: $34,590
Avg net price: 86%
Grad / completion: $34,432
Median earnings

IBMC College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fort Collins, Colorado (midsize city setting), enrolling 297 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 297 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Fort Collins, Colorado

Fort Collins is a home rule city in Larimer County, Colorado, United States, and serves as the county seat and most populous municipality of the county. The Northern Arapaho were centered in the Cache la Poudre River Valley near present-day Fort Collins. Friday, who attended school in St. Louis, Missouri in his youth, was a leader of the band of Arapahos as well as an interpreter, negotiator, and peacemaker. Much of Fort Collins's culture is centered around the students of Colorado State University. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 55 miles to Denver, CO
To Great Lakes shore: 777 miles
Nearest airport: 43 miles to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC)

How IBMC College compares

Graduation rate86%

Higher than 86% · #5 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention40%

Higher than 6%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,432

Higher than 47% · #31 of 44 in Colorado

Average net price$34,590

Cheaper than 4% · #48 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$8,750

Lower than 67%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment297

Larger than 53%

Percentiles compare IBMC 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

Women26489%
Men3311%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White45%
Black2.4%
Hispanic46%
Asian1.4%
Other or multiracial5.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 297
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 72%
First-generation students: 51%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $20,082
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $33,885

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $34,590

Outcomes

Graduated: 86%
First-year retention: 40%
Transferred to another college: 14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $31,395
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,432
Median debt at graduation: $8,750
Students with federal loans: 74%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

86%

Low-income (Pell)

48%

First-generation

51%

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

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

$28,848

$30–48k

$34,010

$48–75k

$35,523

$75–110k

$36,109

$110k+

$36,991

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.

28%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$698

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 28% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $698. 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 185 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): $34,432
Typical debt at graduation: $8,750
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 38%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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

$33,824

Men

$36,595

Men out-earn women by $2,771 (8%) 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: 87°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 15.9″
Annual snow: 51.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Collins, CO US station (2.9 mi from campus).

What IBMC College graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

192 grads$23k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$10k debt

192$22,822$28,738$9,832 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

23 grads$33k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$12k debt

23$32,618$32,910$12,165 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCert.

22 grads— 1 yr$29k 5 yr— debt

22—$29,219—Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

9 grads$31k 1 yr— 5 yr$10k debt

9$31,222—$10,218 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

2 grads— 1 yr$37k 5 yr— debt

2—$36,732—Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesAssoc.

1 grads— 1 yr$26k 5 yr— debt

1—$26,061—Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$49k 5 yr— debt

——$48,539—Legal Support ServicesAssoc.

— grads$38k 1 yr$43k 5 yr— debt

—$37,542$42,987—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

— grads$34k 1 yr$38k 5 yr— debt

—$33,672$38,436—Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$41k 5 yr— debt

——$41,159—

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.