Community College of Aurora

Aurora, Colorado

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 3,250 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Carpentry and construction

  • Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348
  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 74 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 69 finishedGraduates here earned $60,623 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $67,145 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedGraduates here earned $61,742 a year after finishingNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 55 finishedGraduates here earned $44,779 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Other programs (22)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 66 finishedGraduates here earned $48,441 a year afterNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 21 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • ChemistryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,707
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $23,873
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $26,794 a year afterNationally: $28,195
  • Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $51,339
  • Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $50,359
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 391 finishedGraduates here earned $43,092 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $40,010
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $31,627
  • MusicCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $27,777
  • MusicAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,854
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Real EstateCertificate · 33 finishedNationally: $45,163
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $41,828
  • SociologyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,731
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$1,890$30–48k$2,956$48–75k$3,575$75–110k$8,642Over $110k$16,114Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$3,714per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$16,239sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,622Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
5%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
25%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$44,9876 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$48,94910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$11,122federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
42%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Community College of Aurora, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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