Public · Community college
Technical College of the Rockies
Delta, Colorado · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $3,796
- Avg net price
- 95%
- Grad / completion
- $45,516
- Median earnings
Technical College of the Rockies is a public certificate-granting institution in Delta, Colorado (fringe rural setting), enrolling 165 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Delta, Colorado
Delta is a home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Delta County, Colorado, United States. Delta was built as a trading post for the Ute people and early settlers. Fort Uncompahgre was built in 1828. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 173 miles to Colorado Springs, CO
- To the ocean
- 590 miles
- Nearest airport
- 15 miles to Montrose (MTJ)
How Technical College of the Rockies compares
Higher than 94% · #4 of 49 in Colorado
Higher than 95%
Higher than 84% · #8 of 44 in Colorado
Cheaper than 95% · #1 cheapest of 49 in Colorado
Lower than 98%
Lower than 95%
Larger than 40%
Percentiles compare Technical College of the Rockies 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
- Women10966%
- Men5634%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White53%
- Black1.2%
- Hispanic35%
- Asian1.8%
- Other or multiracial9.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 165
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24%
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Students over 25
- 27%
- Median family income
- $25,992
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 121 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Colorado100%
Most first-years stay in state — Technical College of the Rockies 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
- $3,796
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
- 95%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,763
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,516
- Median debt at graduation
- $4,750
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 50%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- C
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 2.2 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 2
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (304 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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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?
Technical College of the Rockies funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $45,516
- Typical debt at graduation
- $4,750
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 10%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 49%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $13,667 (33%) 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
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 15°F
- Annual rain
- 8.3″
- Annual snow
- 39.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Delta 3E, CO US station (3.6 mi from campus).
What Technical College of the Rockies graduates study — and earn
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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Colleges near Technical College of the Rockies
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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.