Bachelor's · Denver, Colorado
Is Sociology at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $52,555
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,297
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $43k (likely $43k – $59k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.8 years (likely 3.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$160k (likely −$241k – −$83k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$92k (likely −$215k – $58k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Students heading toward teaching & helping people majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Psychology
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Psychology HL
- Language A HL
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Other majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (First professional)$212,093
- Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences (First professional)$206,288
- Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies (Master's)$175,290
- Dentistry (First professional)$162,753
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral)$143,753
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$140,670
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$134,158
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$133,594
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$131,857
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$129,423
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$118,649
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate certificate)$116,288
Sociology at other schools in Colorado
- University of Colorado Boulder$58,026
- Western Colorado University$57,359
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins$57,300
- Colorado College$56,649
- Metropolitan State University of Denver$52,414
- Colorado State University Pueblo$48,962
- University of Northern Colorado$48,154
- University of Colorado Colorado Springs$46,444
- Fort Lewis College$43,544
- University of Denver$42,753