Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$25,204
$19,835
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$8,585
$6,042
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$21,017
$8,988
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Adams State University
Trinidad State College
Under $30,000
$6,414
$5,442
$30,000–$48,000
$4,946
$5,497
$48,000–$75,000
$9,013
$5,617
$75,000–$110,000
$7,757
$8,497
Over $110,000
$16,701
$16,790
After you start
Measure
Adams State University
Trinidad State College
Undergrads
1,250
1,188
Graduate within 6 years
32%
56%
Come back for year two
51%
64%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$51,295
$40,070
Median debt at graduation
$18,000
$9,000
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers