Colorado contains twelve schools that offer information assurance programs. University of Denver, the highest-ranking information assurance school in CO, has a total student population of 11,644 and is the 148th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 12 information assurance schools in Colorado, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Denver comes out as the most expensive ($31,044/yr), with Pikes Peak Community College as the lowest recorded at only $9,506/yr.
Information Assurance students from Colorado schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Colorado alone, there are 2,770 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $37,750. Computer and information scientists, research in this state earn $99,820/yr and there are 370 employed.
Also, within the information assurance schools in Colorado, the average student population is 3,182 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from information assurance, there are 2501 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,103 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,337, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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