Program Payoff

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs in Colorado

20 schools in Colorado teach this, at certificate or associate level. 16 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $31,999 at Arapahoe Community College.

What this work pays in Colorado

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Colorado earn a median of $83,210 a year across 480 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Arapahoe Community College Littleton Associate's degree $13,750 $31,999 (124 grads) 396
Red Rocks Community College Lakewood Associate's degree $8,985 $28,960 (172 grads) 389
Aims Community College Greeley Associate's degree $7,000 $28,909 (119 grads) 462
Front Range Community College Westminster Associate's degree $12,000 $28,147 (505 grads) 1,351
Community College of Aurora Aurora Associate's degree $12,000 $27,667 (123 grads) 475
Pikes Peak State College Colorado Springs Associate's degree $8,790 $27,181 (170 grads) 1,035
Community College of Denver Denver Associate's degree $11,250 $26,850 (141 grads) 502
Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs Associate's degree $7,000 $26,739 (131 grads) 315
Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction Associate's degree $20,170 $26,187 (46 grads) 68
Pueblo Community College Pueblo Associate's degree $11,137 $26,187 (157 grads) 266
Morgan Community College Fort Morgan Associate's degree $4,500 $23,207 (39 grads) 75
Trinidad State College Trinidad Associate's degree $7,300 $21,508 (33 grads) 135
Northeastern Junior College Sterling Associate's degree $10,110 $21,312 (43 grads) 148
Lamar Community College Lamar Associate's degree $7,892 $18,771 (29 grads) 75
Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely Associate's degree $10,797 $18,087 (21 grads) 68
Otero College La Junta Associate's degree $8,625 $14,759 (27 grads) 100
Colorado Christian University Lakewood Associate's degree $25,267 not published 43
Adams State University Alamosa Associate's degree not published 221
Regis University Denver Undergraduate certificate not published 83
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Undergraduate certificate not published

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.