College · Public · Alamosa, CO · Town
Adams State University
Alamosa, CO
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$38k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size1,250
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $38k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school. Admitted students average ACT 21.
If you get in
1,250 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$97k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$52k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$45k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.8k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $21.9k
- Room & board
- $9.8k
- Books & supplies
- $2,920
How students pay for it.
Pell grants38%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans33%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr39%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$38k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$44k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out37%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,250
- Location
- Alamosa, CO
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White41%
- Hispanic33%
- Black9%
- Unknown7%
- Two or more races4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- Asian1%
- International1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time27%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 21
What you can study.