Bachelor's · Lakewood, Colorado
Is Psychology, General at Colorado Christian University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,944
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $58,955
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $121k (likely $121k – $121k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $14k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.7 years (likely 8.8–16.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$209k (likely −$266k – −$143k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$10k (likely −$141k – $142k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$69,617
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$64,060
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$60,453
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- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$57,364
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$56,063
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$54,443
Psychology, General at other schools in Colorado
- University of Colorado Boulder$56,867
- University of Denver$56,161
- Colorado Mesa University$54,321
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins$54,268
- Regis University$53,502
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus$52,990
- Metropolitan State University of Denver$50,326
- University of Northern Colorado$49,455
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs$48,725
- Western Colorado University$47,401