Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder
Boulder, Colorado · Also known as AESCA - Boulder · Website
$32,001
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$32,001
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder is a for-profit 2-year college in Boulder, Colorado with 8,504 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $13,367 a year. 48% of students finish within 3 years. Former students earn a median $32,001 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $9,653 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$13,367
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
48%
Within 3 years, US 58%
Median debt
$9,653
About $102 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$32,001
Rank 3,840 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $13,367
- Cost of attendance
- $16,885
- Students with a need-based grant
- 59%
- Students with federal loans
- 65%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $12,863
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $13,641
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $14,324
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $15,975
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $16,707
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 8,504
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 72%
- Students per teacher
- 48
- Completion rate
- 48%
- Retention rate
- 49%
- Highest degree
- Associate's degree
- Programs
- 2
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 3,840 of 5,094 US colleges and 57 of 69 in Colorado (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | CO median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $13,367 | $17,042 | $24,624 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $9,958 | $15,645 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 89% | 86% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 48% | 62% | 67% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 49% | 72% | 75% | 75% |
| Median debt | $9,653 | $11,008 | $10,722 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $32,101 | $36,984 | $33,986 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $32,001 | $42,169 | $36,368 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 62% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 52% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 2,545 | $9,150 | $25,682 | $35,587 | $30,572 |
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate's | Associate's | 1,117 | $16,000 | $30,224 | $41,274 | $39,605 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder cost?
$13,367 a year is the average net price at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $16,885. Families earning under $30,000 pay $12,863 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder?
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder graduates earn?
$32,001 a year is the median pay of former Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder students who work, 10 years after they started ($32,101 after 6 years). That ranks 3,840 of 5,094 US colleges and 57 of 69 in Colorado. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Culinary Arts and Related Services (Associate's) at $30,224.
How much student debt do Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder graduates have?
$9,653 is the median federal student loan debt of Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder graduates, about $102 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 65% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder?
48% of first-time, full-time students at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder finish within 3 years. 49% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of for-profit 2-year colleges is 67%.
What are the most popular majors at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder?
Culinary Arts and Related Services (2,545 certificate graduates), Culinary Arts and Related Services (1,117 associate's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.