Which Emily Griffith Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Plumbing graduates leave with a median of $6,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Emily Griffith Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Emily Griffith Technical College cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $11,935 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $7,197.

How many Emily Griffith Technical College programs report graduate pay?

8 certificate programs at Emily Griffith Technical College report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Emily Griffith Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Denver, CO
6,123 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Emily Griffith Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Electrician Training pays the most in the first year ($70,780), and Cosmetology the least ($20,014). The median program pays $39,917.

Tuition for the largest program$11,935Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$7,197After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate97%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 certificate programs, ranked

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. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Colorado
1	Electrician TrainingAbout 4 graduates a year	$70,780	$81,807	$11,000	2nd of 3
2	PlumbingGraduates a year not reported	$63,386	Not reported	$6,500	1st of 1
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 87 graduates a year	$44,943	Not reported	$8,125	2nd of 4
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 47 graduates a year	$40,358	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 5
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 28 graduates a year	$39,475	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 8
6	Practical NursingAbout 151 graduates a year	$37,744	Not reported	$13,267	7th of 11
7	Culinary ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$22,599	Not reported	$9,960	2nd of 2
8	CosmetologyAbout 220 graduates a year	$20,014	Not reported	$9,500	9th of 15

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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrician Training$70,780
Plumbing$63,386
Welding and Machining$44,943
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$40,358
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$39,475

Lowest median debt

Plumbing$6,500
Welding and Machining$8,125
Cosmetology$9,500
Culinary Arts$9,960
Electrician Training$11,000

Largest programs

CosmetologyAbout 220 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 151 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 87 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 47 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrician Training graduates earn a median of $70,780 in their first year, the most of 8 Emily Griffith Technical College certificate programs that report pay.

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