Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Colorado Public Colleges to get in is 88.27% for the academic year 2023-2024.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,702 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,302 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 1 | Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, COPublic, 4-year | 99.84% 1.05% | 37.03% | 990 | $17,242 ($9,401) | 6,617 | 38.00% | 15 to 1 |
2 1 | Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, COPublic, 4-year | 99.14% 1.23% | 17.34% | 1,010 | $29,503 ($10,780) | 16,995 | 30.00% | 16 to 1 |
3 2 | Western Colorado University Gunnison, COPublic, 4-year | 97.47% 5.62% | 13.22% | 1,100 | $23,683 ($11,083) | 3,548 | 51.00% | 16 to 1 |
4 3 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPublic, 4-year | 96.57% 11.80% | 13.81% | 1,130 | $23,955 ($10,438) | 11,431 | 45.00% | 15 to 1 |
5 1 | Colorado State University Global Aurora, COPublic, 4-year | 92.86% 4.02% | 82.14% | - | $8,400 ($8,400) | 9,565 | - | 15 to 1 |
6 - | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, COPublic, 4-year | 89.59% 1.18% | 16.14% | - | $33,765 ($13,009) | 33,403 | 67.00% | 17 to 1 |
7 2 | University of Northern Colorado Greeley, COPublic, 4-year | 86.43% 7.89% | 13.84% | 1,070 | $25,940 ($11,528) | 9,380 | 51.00% | 14 to 1 |
8 - | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COPublic, 4-year | 83.28% 2.55% | 16.16% | 1,330 | $41,943 ($15,556) | 39,585 | 75.00% | 18 to 1 |
9 1 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COPublic, 4-year | 77.81% 3.23% | 14.36% | 1,100 | $28,209 ($10,017) | 23,744 | 47.00% | 17 to 1 |
10 1 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, COPublic, 4-year | 59.71% 1.71% | 24.73% | 1,400 | $44,376 ($21,186) | 7,403 | 79.00% | 17 to 1 |
Average | 88.27% | 24.88% | 1,141 | $27,702 ($12,140) | 16,167 | 53.67% | 16 to 1 |