Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 41 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 38 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 7.3%
- No Data38 · 92.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 8
- Aug 2024Removal of Monitoring StatusAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 221 students received $1.0M in Pell grants, alongside $1.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 207 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (3.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at CNCC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 5
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
CNCC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CNCC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectColorado Northwestern Community College | 34% | — | 1,271 | $12,316 | Community College |
| — | — | 1,684 | $13,224 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,613 | $11,197 | Community College | |
| — | — | 690 | $10,328 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,486 | $7,394 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,205 | $13,622 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 34% | — | 1,550 | $11,757 |
Institutions like CNCC
Explore the federal data for institutions in CNCC's comparison group.
- Community CollegeColorado
Northeastern Junior College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,684Net price$13,224View data - Community CollegeColorado
Trinidad State College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,613Net price$11,197View data - Community CollegeColorado
Lamar Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment690Net price$10,328View data - Community CollegeWyoming
Northwest College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,486Net price$7,394View data - Community CollegeWyoming
Central Wyoming College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,205Net price$13,622View data
CNCC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness is your source for data and information about CNCC students. This information is used to help the institution make better decisions and meet annual compliance requirements by completing all required Federal and State reports.
Visit IR office page- Kelly ScottChief Effectiveness Officer
Common Data Set
CNCC's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C1491 applied → 491 admitted (100.0%) → 134 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 100.0% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $19,047 (2021-2022).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $19,047 → about $11,233 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($7,814); 56% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H119% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I386% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B21% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1262 transfer applicants → 262 admitted (100.0%) → 94 enrolled
Source publications
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