COLLEGES · 30-YEAR ROI · DENVER, CO

Is University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus worth the money?

Yes — at resident pricing. A University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus degree clears +$1.54M in 30-year projected net value over skipping college and investing the difference.

A public four-year school in Denver, Colorado, priced as a Colorado resident — earnings rolled up from 30 FREOPP-reported programs.

IPEDS 2023 cost · FREOPP 2021 earnings · BEA 2023 cost-of-living · same model as /worth-it · this school clears positive net value.

30-year net value · resident pricing
+$1.54M
Total cost of attendance (4 years, sticker)
$99,748
Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry
$59,902
Breaks even by age
42
FREOPP program coverage
30 programs

Coming from out of state?

Still worth it — at non-resident tuition, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus clears +$919K over the same 30-year horizon, on a total sticker cost of $172,516. The residency line is worth $619K to you here — same school, same degree (the out-of-state tax in Colorado, ranked).

How this is computed (and what it isn’t)

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus runs through the /worth-it model at its resident tuition rate, with the standard loan assumptions, a 30-year horizon, and Colorado’s own cost-of-living on the skip-college path. The “30-year net value” is the projected accumulated value of going vs. skipping and investing the difference, in real dollars.

What it isn’t: a verdict on every major. The school-level number averages across 30 FREOPP-reported programs — the field you pick swings it by over a million dollars on its own. We only publish school pages that clear positive net value at resident pricing; earnings roll up from at least three FREOPP programs (ADR-0032), so a single high-earning major can’t fake the number.

Questions

Is University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus worth the money?
At resident pricing, yes: University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus clears +$1.54M in 30-year projected net value versus skipping college and investing the difference. That is computed from a total cost of attendance of $99,748 and median earnings of $59,902 ten years after entry (IPEDS 2023 cost, FREOPP 2021 earnings, BEA 2023 cost-of-living — the same model as the LE TEEN calculator).
How long until a University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus degree pays for itself?
The degree path overtakes the skip-college path around age 42 under our defaults — from there the gap only widens, ending +$1.54M ahead at the 30-year horizon.
What could change the number for University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?
Two levers dominate. Residency: this page prices University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus as a Colorado resident; at non-resident tuition it still clears +$919K, but the gap is real money (see the out-of-state tax in Colorado). And the major: the field you pick swings lifetime ROI by over a million dollars on its own (see the majors pages).

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Cite this:

LE TEEN (2026). “Is University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus worth the money? 30-year ROI.” Data: IPEDS 2023 · FREOPP 2021 · BEA 2023. https://le-teen.com/colleges/university-of-colorado-denver-anschutz-medical-campus