Which Pikes Peak State College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Pikes Peak State College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Pikes Peak State College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,510 a year, and $17,110 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,007 a year.

How many Pikes Peak State College programs report graduate pay?

4 associate's programs and one certificate program at Pikes Peak State College report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Pikes Peak State College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Colorado Springs, CO
9,595 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Pikes Peak State College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($72,869), and Graphic Communications the least ($25,596). The median program pays $28,086. Pikes Peak State College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,510Per year. Out-of-state $17,110

Average net price after aid$6,007Per year

Graduation rate21%Within 6 years

All 4 associate's programs, ranked

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. 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	NursingAbout 92 graduates a year	$72,869	$74,777	$21,131	5th of 12
2	Business AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$29,393	$40,365	Not reported	5th of 5
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,044 graduates a year	$26,779	$44,172	$11,000	11th of 13
4	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 34 graduates a year	$25,596	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2

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 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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Colorado
Criminal JusticeAbout 84 graduates a year	$50,546	$65,234	Not reported	9th of 11

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $72,869 in their first year, the most of 4 Pikes Peak State College associate's 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