Colorado Northwestern Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Rangely, CO
- 504 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
Colorado Northwestern Community College has two associate's programs that report what graduates earn. Nursing pays more in the first year ($70,087) than Dental Hygiene and Assisting ($62,148). Colorado Northwestern Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.
Both associate's programs
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Colorado" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Colorado.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Colorado ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Colorado programs in the field do too.
One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.
One certificate program
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Colorado" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Colorado.
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,087 in their first year, the most of 2 Colorado Northwestern Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $16,784 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Colorado Northwestern Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $4,594 a year, and $7,304 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,131 a year.
2 associate's programs and one certificate program at Colorado Northwestern Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Colorado rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels