Aurora, CO (population: 334,924) has one laboratory school within its city limits. Community College of Aurora has a total student population of 6,293. It is the 5496th highest ranked school in the USA and the 90th highest in the state of Colorado (#1 is Colorado College).
Laboratory students from Aurora schools who go on to become laboratory analysts, laboratory technicians, clinical laboratory technicians, clinical laboratory researchers, 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, Biological scientists make on average $69,430 per year and there are about 29,630 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Denver-Aurora area alone, there are 250 employed biological scientists earning an average salary of $74,100. Computer and information scientists, research in this area earn $92,540/yr and there are 140 employed.
Aurora lies in Arapahoe county, which is one of the 55 counties in Colorado. Overall, the Denver-Aurora area has 1,218,790 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $23/hr average worker wage, and a $48,560 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Aurora are held by computer and information scientists, research, and 0/1000 are held by biological scientists.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Community College of Aurora ends up costing a student $11,176/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Aurora |
Denver | CO | 609,651 | 24 | 21.7296 | 554 | 8.5 miles |
Commerce City | CO | 46,807 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.3 miles |
Greenwood Village | CO | - | 2 | 15.5036 | 87 | 13.4 miles |
Parker | CO | 47,600 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.9 miles |
Lone Tree | CO | - | 1 | 9.20591 | 39 | 14.9 miles |
Highlands Ranch | CO | 129,817 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.9 miles |
Thornton | CO | 120,487 | 4 | 21.9949 | 44 | 17.4 miles |
Lakewood | CO | 142,294 | 13 | 20.2254 | 326 | 20.2 miles |
Westminster | CO | 109,334 | 7 | 21.6728 | 184 | 20.7 miles |
Castle Rock | CO | 49,815 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.7 miles |
Boulder | CO | 95,721 | 5 | 25.2105 | 131 | 35.4 miles |
Longmont | CO | 88,962 | 0 | - | 0 | 37.7 miles |
Greeley | CO | 94,780 | 4 | 31.0251 | 125 | 49.1 miles |
Loveland | CO | 68,614 | 0 | - | 0 | 52.3 miles |
Colorado Springs | CO | 388,306 | 17 | 23.417 | 343 | 58.8 miles |
Fort Collins | CO | 141,921 | 5 | 27.6422 | 154 | 61.5 miles |
Cheyenne | WY | 58,067 | 4 | 11.724 | 116 | 99.7 miles |
Pueblo | CO | 107,496 | 2 | 15.7548 | 107 | 99.8 miles |