Lakewood, CO · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Colorado School of Trades is a private for-profit institution in Lakewood, CO, where the highest award offered is a associate's degree. It enrolls about 85 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 10:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: schooloftrades.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Colorado School of Trades is $27,150 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 43 Colorado colleges that do report one is $14,382.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Christian University | Private nonprofit | 5,549 | $41,342 |
| Red Rocks Community College | Public | 4,889 | $4,859 |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design | Private for-profit | 2,050 | $20,190 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Denver | Private for-profit | 213 | $19,250 |
| Colorado School of Healing Arts | Private for-profit | 52 | $11,764 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $51,591 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 81% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $20,000 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 28% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 44% |
| First-generation students | 32% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Colorado School of Trades's largest program is $27,150 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Colorado School of Trades enrolls about 85 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 10:1.
Colorado School of Trades is a private for-profit institution in Lakewood, CO. Its highest award is a associate's degree, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Colorado School of Trades does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Colorado School of Trades are $51,591 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Colorado School of Trades graduates who borrowed is $20,000, according to College Scorecard.