College · Public · Durango, CO · Town
Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
Admit rate77%
6-yr median pay$36k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size3,079
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/yr for a shot at a $36k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 77% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1111 · ACT 20.
If you get in
3,079 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $27k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$108k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$69k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$39k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $10.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $21.5k
- Room & board
- $13.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants35%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans30%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$18k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention64%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr36%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$36k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
- 3,079
- Location
- Durango, CO
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- FLC
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White43%
- American Indian / Alaska Native27%
- Hispanic15%
- Two or more races12%
- Black2%
- International1%
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time9%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.