Trinidad State College

Trinidad, Colorado

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 1,188 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.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 124 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897

Carpentry and construction

  • Construction Trades, GeneralCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,348

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 60 finishedGraduates here earned $28,495 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575

Electrician

  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 117 finishedGraduates here earned $63,673 a year after finishingNationally: $44,469
  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Pilot and air transportation

  • Air TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $55,505 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 77 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 43 finishedGraduates here earned $74,497 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $84,093

Truck and bus driving

  • Ground TransportationCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (17)
  • Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical SystemsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,350
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $30,019
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,567
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 19 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • HistoryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $31,926
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 117 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 31 finishedNationally: $44,679
  • Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $48,814
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 66 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$5,442$30–48k$5,497$48–75k$5,617$75–110k$8,497Over $110k$16,790Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$6,042per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$19,835sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,618Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
11%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
53%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$36,3026 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$40,07010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
60%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
19%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 Trinidad State College, 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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