The average acceptance rate of the 14 Colorado colleges that have competitive admission is 82.51% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.04%. The acceptance rate at 10 Colorado colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.
Colorado College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 20.03%. Colorado School of Mines (59.71%) and University of Denver (71.19%) are following it in the list of Tightest Colorado Colleges to get in.
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.
Colorado College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Colorado School of Mines also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,849 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,855 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year | 20.03% 3.73% | 34.26% | 1,450 | $67,932 | 2,203 | 86.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 2 - | Colorado School of Mines Golden, COPublic, 4-year | 59.71% 1.71% | 24.73% | 1,400 | $44,376 ($21,186) | 7,403 | 81.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 3 2 | University of Denver Denver, COPrivate, 4-year | 71.19% 6.49% | 10.66% | 1,320 | $59,340 | 13,734 | 77.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 4 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 | 43.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 2 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COPublic, 4-year | 83.28% 2.55% | 16.16% | 1,330 | $41,943 ($15,556) | 39,585 | 74.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 6 - | 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 |
| 7 3 | Regis University Denver, COPrivate, 4-year | 87.27% 11.18% | 11.49% | - | $43,980 | 4,668 | 66.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, COPublic, 4-year | 89.59% 1.18% | 16.14% | - | $33,765 ($13,009) | 33,403 | 66.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 9 2 | Colorado State University Global Aurora, COPublic, 4-year | 92.86% 4.02% | 82.14% | - | $8,400 ($8,400) | 9,565 | - | 15 to 1 |
| 10 5 | Naropa University Boulder, COPrivate, 4-year | 94.00% 6.00% | 25.53% | - | $34,600 | 1,065 | 31.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | 76.22% | 24.93% | 1,278 | $38,849 ($13,283) | 14,475 | 63.89% | 13 to 1 |