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Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO · Public · 15,002 students · mostly bachelor degrees
27th-cheapest of 69 Colorado colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,327
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,622
Graduation rate
32%
Admission rate
99%
Median graduate earnings
$52,093
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1019
Median ACT
21
Pell grant recipients
36%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
108 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree82 grads/yr$111,187Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$100,358Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$98,267Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$91,399Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree86 grads/yr$86,259Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$86,131Accounting · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$86,039Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$80,907Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree67 grads/yr$77,596Environmental Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$76,759Accounting · Bachelor's Degree97 grads/yr$73,698Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew · Bachelor's Degree102 grads/yr$72,846Social Work · Master's Degree226 grads/yr$66,816Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$66,429Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree134 grads/yr$65,387Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$65,179Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree73 grads/yr$64,069Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$63,175Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$62,250Design and Visual Communications, General · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$61,654Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree41 grads/yr$60,639Nutrition Sciences · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$60,395Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Bachelor's Degree72 grads/yr$59,502Writing, General · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$58,918Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree134 grads/yr$57,920
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.