Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Colorado State University Global

Denver, CO · Public · Bachelor-granting · 6,563 undergrads · 98% admitted

Do students finish?
complete
What does it cost?
$21,201/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$84,804 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$76,813 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $51,128 median $76,813 75th pct $113,979

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

12 Bachelor's programs · $33,791 to $76,872 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $76,872 $23,854
Public Administration.Bachelor's $68,522
Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $60,152 $22,395
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $59,425 $24,495
Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $55,055 $25,000
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $52,075 $26,491
Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $50,031 $25,136
Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $48,123 $29,692
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $46,011 $23,187
Marketing.Bachelor's $42,937 $21,214
Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $40,667 $26,899
Human Services, General.Bachelor's $33,791 $29,051

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$14,405
19% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (22 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website