University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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Of 79 assessed programs, 75 leave graduates out-earning a typical Colorado high-school graduate (about $40,674/yr) and 4 fall short. Another 82 could not be assessed.

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My family earns and I expect to take

Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$6,743
$30k to $48k	$9,472
$48k to $75k	$10,834
$75k to $110k	$15,232
$110k and up	$22,475
All families (average)	$11,900

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

79 of 161 programs could be assessed 49% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Colorado high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$75,142	+$34,468	clears the bar	$19,949	0.6 yrs	443
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$129,423	+$88,749	clears the bar	$56,311	0.6 yrs	256
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$84,950	+$44,276	clears the bar	$21,875	0.5 yrs	243
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$58,231	+$17,557	clears the bar	$20,358	1.2 yrs	224
Public Health	Master's Degree	$78,998	+$38,324	clears the bar	$60,145	1.6 yrs	190
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$104,201	+$63,527	clears the bar	$212,811	3.3 yrs	186
Nursing	Master's Degree	$116,093	+$75,419	clears the bar	$42,744	0.6 yrs	184
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,990	+$12,316	clears the bar	$22,340	1.8 yrs	165
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$71,385	+$30,711	clears the bar	$16,125	0.5 yrs	161
Pharmacy	First Professional Degree	$95,159 1-year earnings	+$54,485	clears the bar	$174,149	3.2 yrs	161
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$62,882	+$22,208	clears the bar	$21,896	1.0 yrs	148
Dentistry	First Professional Degree	$162,753	+$122,079	clears the bar	$242,379	2.0 yrs	125
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$85,272	+$44,598	clears the bar	$32,448	0.7 yrs	118
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$43,953 1-year earnings	+$3,279	clears the bar	$17,000	5.2 yrs	98
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$112,754	+$72,080	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	98
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$46,532	+$5,858	clears the bar	$23,499	4.0 yrs	98
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$56,383	+$15,709	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	91
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$61,192	+$20,518	clears the bar	$16,035	0.8 yrs	88
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$49,842	+$9,168	clears the bar	$21,464	2.3 yrs	81
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$35,155 1-year earnings	-$5,519	falls short	$18,062	insufficient data	79
Information Science	Master's Degree	$118,649	+$77,975	clears the bar	$32,000	0.4 yrs	70
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	$75,887	+$35,213	clears the bar	$96,506	2.7 yrs	66
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$97,868	+$57,194	clears the bar	$35,080	0.6 yrs	64
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,320	+$53,646	clears the bar	$24,700	0.5 yrs	64
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$74,359	+$33,685	clears the bar	$46,436	1.4 yrs	64
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Master's Degree	$59,066 1-year earnings	+$18,392	clears the bar	$63,981	3.5 yrs	63
Accounting	Master's Degree	$106,530	+$65,856	clears the bar	$34,612	0.5 yrs	62
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	$51,914 1-year earnings	+$11,240	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	57
Education	Bachelor's Degree	$50,728	+$10,054	clears the bar	$23,635	2.4 yrs	56
Education	Master's Degree	$53,089	+$12,415	clears the bar	$27,991	2.3 yrs	55
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$58,854	+$18,180	clears the bar	$17,500	1.0 yrs	53
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$85,570	+$44,896	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	51
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$110,754	+$70,080	clears the bar	$29,014	0.4 yrs	50
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	$84,407	+$43,733	clears the bar	$63,368	1.4 yrs	48
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$92,224	+$51,550	clears the bar	$29,605	0.6 yrs	48
English	Bachelor's Degree	$54,500	+$13,826	clears the bar	$21,538	1.6 yrs	42
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$67,259	+$26,585	clears the bar	$23,923	0.9 yrs	40
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$61,717 1-year earnings	+$21,043	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$62,085	+$21,411	clears the bar	$23,000	1.1 yrs	37
Human Resources	Master's Degree	$100,997	+$60,323	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Management Science	Master's Degree	$133,594	+$92,920	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$57,285	+$16,611	clears the bar	$21,500	1.3 yrs	34
History	Bachelor's Degree	$53,686	+$13,012	clears the bar	$17,604	1.4 yrs	34
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$55,361	+$14,687	clears the bar	$27,649	1.9 yrs	33
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$86,190	+$45,516	clears the bar	$26,840	0.6 yrs	32
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$55,181	+$14,507	clears the bar	$21,132	1.5 yrs	30
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$74,497	+$33,823	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$61,344	+$20,670	clears the bar	$18,870	0.9 yrs	25
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$140,670	+$99,996	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	$63,591	+$22,917	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,619	+$8,945	clears the bar	$25,000	2.8 yrs	23
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$90,072	+$49,398	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$61,655	+$20,981	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Master's Degree	$175,290	+$134,616	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Finance	Master's Degree	$134,158	+$93,484	clears the bar	$23,376	0.3 yrs	19
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	$77,438	+$36,764	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$64,964	+$24,290	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Master's Degree	$47,628 1-year earnings	+$6,954	clears the bar	$78,201	11.2 yrs	15
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$36,307 1-year earnings	-$4,367	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Political Science	Master's Degree	$64,565	+$23,891	clears the bar	$65,441	2.7 yrs	11
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$131,857	+$91,183	clears the bar	$65,649	0.7 yrs	6
Pharmacy	Doctoral Degree	$143,753	+$103,079	clears the bar	$167,617	1.6 yrs	5
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$37,621 1-year earnings	-$3,053	falls short	$22,250	insufficient data	4
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$62,619	+$21,945	clears the bar	$17,844	0.8 yrs	insufficient data
Architecture	Master's Degree	$74,820	+$34,146	clears the bar	$66,290	1.9 yrs	insufficient data
Landscape Architecture	Master's Degree	$78,742	+$38,068	clears the bar	$90,353	2.4 yrs	insufficient data
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$63,098	+$22,424	clears the bar	$77,000	3.4 yrs	insufficient data
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$64,358	+$23,684	clears the bar	$36,386	1.5 yrs	insufficient data
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	$79,964	+$39,290	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$48,732	+$8,058	clears the bar	$21,500	2.7 yrs	insufficient data
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$47,878	+$7,204	clears the bar	$24,250	3.4 yrs	insufficient data
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	First Professional Degree	$206,288	+$165,614	clears the bar	$226,707	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Medical Assisting	First Professional Degree	$200,614 1-year earnings	+$159,940	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	First Professional Degree	$115,870	+$75,196	clears the bar	$95,980	1.3 yrs	insufficient data
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	Bachelor's Degree	$33,689 1-year earnings	-$6,985	falls short	$19,090	insufficient data	insufficient data
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$58,310	+$17,636	clears the bar	$20,602	1.2 yrs	insufficient data
Public Health	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$73,319	+$32,645	clears the bar	$22,216	0.7 yrs	insufficient data
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$116,288	+$75,614	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$82,891	+$42,217	clears the bar	$18,702	0.4 yrs	insufficient data
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	76
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	76
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	71
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Marketing	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$24,116	insufficient data	14
Special Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Medical Assisting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
International Business	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Taxation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Social Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Engineering Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Applied Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Public Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Pharmacy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Security Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Neuroscience	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Historic Preservation and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Genetics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Environmental Design	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Biological and Physical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Behavioral Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Construction Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Health Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($40,674/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.