- The Inkwell
- Colorado
- Adams State University
Alamosa, COTown: remoteZIP 81101Founded 1921
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1921
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.adams.edu
- Member of
- AASCU
ColoradoPublic
Adams State University
Adams State University is a public university in Alamosa, Colorado, with 1,250 undergraduates. It graduates 37% within six years and costs $8,585 a year after aid.
37%graduate
Retention51%
4-year graduation23%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans28%
$8,585net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
37%graduate in 6 years
$51,295median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,000median debt
#1,202 of 1,704 for earnings#122 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,422 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $25,204tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $9,968
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $22,400
- Average net price
- $8,585national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$6,414
$30,001–48,000$4,946
$48,001–75,000$9,013
$75,001–110,000$7,757
$110,001+$16,701
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college51%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college37%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 37%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 23%
- First-year retention
- 51%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 24%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,926
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $51,295middle 50%: $33,535–$72,396
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$72,396
Median, Adams State University$51,295
Lower quarter$33,535
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,250
- Part-time
- 27%
- Women / men
- 43% / 57%
- Average age at entry
- 22.3
- First-generation students
- 42%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 50%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,123 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,349
- Endowment, end of year
- $57,169
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White41%
Hispanic33%
Black9.1%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races4.5%
U.S. nonresident0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.4%
Unknown7.0%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities30%
Business & management24%
Parks, recreation & fitness9.9%
Social sciences9.6%
Psychology5.3%
Health professions5.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.0%
Physical sciences3.4%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 126182. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q351971.