Private for-profit · Community college

Lincoln College of Technology-Denver

Denver, Colorado · Large city

#4 for grad earnings in Colorado

0%
Transfer rate: $32,423
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: $46,396
Median earnings

Lincoln College of Technology-Denver is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Denver, Colorado (large city setting), enrolling 1,212 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 1,212 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersSnowy

About Denver, Colorado

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. By the terms of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the United States and various tribes including the Cheyenne and Arapaho, the United States unilaterally defined and recognized Cheyenne and Arapaho territory as ranging from the North Platte River in present-day Wyoming and Nebraska southward to the Arkansas River in present-day Colorado and Kansas. Apollo Hall opened soon after the city's founding in 1859 and staged many plays for eager settlers. In the 1880s Horace Tabor built Denver's first opera house. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Denver, CO
To the ocean: 751 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Denver (DEN) · major hub

How Lincoln College of Technology-Denver compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 64% · #21 of 49 in Colorado

First-year retention70%

Higher than 43%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$46,396

Higher than 86% · #4 of 44 in Colorado

Average net price$32,423

Cheaper than 6% · #47 cheapest of 49 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$11,730

Lower than 32%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment1,212

Larger than 75%

Percentiles compare Lincoln College of Technology-Denver 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

Women968%
Men1,11692%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White39%
Black11%
Hispanic38%
Asian1.9%
Other or multiracial9.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,212
Student–faculty ratio: 25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 47%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 29%
Median family income: $24,468
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $49,914

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 350 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Colorado87%
Other U.S. states13%

Most first-years stay in state — Lincoln College of Technology-Denver 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: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $32,423

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 70%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,500
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $46,396
Median debt at graduation: $11,730
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 39%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

71%

Low-income (Pell)

61%

First-generation

63%

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: C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 4.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 1
Property offenses (2022–2024): 15

Reported offenses in an average year

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

5.3reported offenses a year

0.3 violent a year5.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft

4.3

Burglary

0.7

Aggravated assault

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

$31,402

$30–48k

$30,707

$48–75k

$32,631

$75–110k

$35,138

$110k+

$36,538

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.

55%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,301

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 55% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,301. 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 968 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): $46,396
Typical debt at graduation: $11,730
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 53%

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

$31,485

Men

$46,910

Men out-earn women by $15,425 (49%) 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: 90°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 15.4″
Annual snow: 49″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Denver-Stapleton, CO US station (1.2 mi from campus).

What Lincoln College of Technology-Denver graduates study — and earn

Precision Metal WorkingCert.

371 grads$37k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$9k debt

371$37,249$48,015$9,429 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

354 grads$36k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$14k debt

354$35,905$47,664$13,560 Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCert.

84 grads$41k 1 yr$54k 5 yr$15k debt

84$40,778$54,059$14,553 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

47 grads$43k 1 yr$53k 5 yr$12k debt

47$42,896$52,774$12,000

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.