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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Colorado
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
The Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Colorado to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Colorado
Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder is a great place for trade school students working on their associate degree. Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 770 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Associate Degree recipients from Escoffier - Boulder accumulate an average of $15,323 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 96% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pueblo Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Colorado list. Pueblo Community College is a public institution located in Pueblo, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 660 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Colorado pay an average of $4,626 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Pueblo Community College. Out-of-state students pay an average of $16,275. Associate Degree recipients from Pueblo Community College accumulate an average of $14,253 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 33% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arapahoe Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Colorado list. Littleton, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 754 students in 2021-2022.
Students from Colorado who attend Arapahoe Community College full time pay an average of $4,080 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $15,502. Associate Degree recipients from Arapahoe Community College accumulate an average of $15,611 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
Since Arapahoe Community College is primarily an online school, it is an excellent choice for undergraduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinidad State Junior College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Colorado list. This small public school is located in Trinidad, Colorado, and it awarded 241 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Trinidad State Junior College is $5,240. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $8,360. Associate Degree recipients from Trinidad State Junior College accumulate an average of $12,954 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 15% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.