LPN SCHOOLS IN COLORADO — Federal Data, September 2026
LPN Schools in Colorado, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
12 accredited institutions in Colorado report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 12 ranked programs in Colorado, the median graduate needs 4.0 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $12,554, against median earnings of $40,098 one year after completion.
That is faster than the national median of 4.3 months for this field, measured across the 650 institutions in our national LPN schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan, at 2.2 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Colorado institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about LPN schools in Colorado
The Ranking
12 LPN schools in Colorado, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Community CollegeFort Morgan, CO | Public | Certificate | 2.2 | $11,750 | $64,066 | 45% |
| 2 | Pickens Technical CollegeAurora, CO | Public | Certificate | 2.5 | $11,000 | $53,360 | 76% |
| 3 | Pima Medical Institute-AuroraAurora, CO | for-profit | Certificate | 2.6 | $11,597 | $54,021 | 72% |
| 4 | Pima Medical Institute-DenverDenver, CO | for-profit | Certificate | 3.3 | $8,000 | $28,834 | 73% |
| 5 | Concorde Career College-AuroraAurora, CO | for-profit | Certificate | 3.6 | $17,268 | $57,339 | 64% |
| 6 | Otero CollegeLa Junta, CO | Public | Certificate | 3.9 | $24,150 | $74,405 | 38% |
| 7 | Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, CO | Public | Certificate | 4.2 | $13,267 | $37,744 | 97% |
| 8 | Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, CO | Public | Certificate | 4.6 | $13,750 | $36,234 | 29% |
| 9 | Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, CO | Public | Certificate | 4.7 | $9,975 | $25,507 | 31% |
| 10 | Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, CO | Public | Certificate | 5.4 | $13,107 | $29,021 | 35% |
| 11 | Community College of DenverDenver, CO | Public | Certificate | 6.1 | $12,000 | $23,614 | 20% |
| 12 | Technical College of the RockiesDelta, CO | Public | Certificate | 6.3 | $22,133 | $42,451 | 95% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Colorado, one by one
Morgan Community College
Fort Morgan, CO
Morgan Community College is a public institution in Fort Morgan. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,750 and report median earnings of $64,066 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.2 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.8 months faster than the Colorado state median of 4.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 45% completion rate.
Pickens Technical College
Aurora, CO
Pickens Technical College is a public institution in Aurora. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,000 and report median earnings of $53,360 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.5 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.5 months faster than the Colorado state median of 4.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 76% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-Aurora
Aurora, CO
Pima Medical Institute-Aurora is a private for-profit institution in Aurora. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,597 and report median earnings of $54,021 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.6 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.4 months faster than the Colorado state median of 4.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 72% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-Denver
Denver, CO
Pima Medical Institute-Denver is a private for-profit institution in Denver. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,000 and report median earnings of $28,834 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.3 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.7 months faster than the Colorado state median of 4.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 73% completion rate.
Concorde Career College-Aurora
Aurora, CO
Concorde Career College-Aurora is a private for-profit institution in Aurora. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $17,268 and report median earnings of $57,339 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 0.4 months faster than the Colorado state median of 4.0. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 64% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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