Enrollment Trends at Colorado State University-Fort Collins

The student population at Colorado State University-Fort Collins is 33,403 (25,777 undergraduate and 7,626 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,217 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Colorado State University-Fort Collins is 77.17% which is increased by 2,229 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 12 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,726 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 44.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 32,341 where 33,403 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.17% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.83% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,229 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 12 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Colorado State University-Fort Collins than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado State University-Fort Collins since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31,186	23,548	11,440	12,108	7,638	3,754	3,884
2014-15	31,354 168	23,598 50	11,391 -49	12,207 99	7,756 118	3,827 73	3,929 45
2015-16	30,614 -740	23,917 319	11,624 233	12,293 86	6,697 -1,059	3,188 -639	3,509 -420
2016-17	31,856 1,242	25,177 1,260	12,136 512	13,041 748	6,679 -18	3,102 -86	3,577 68
2017-18	33,083 1,227	25,523 346	12,221 85	13,302 261	7,560 881	3,486 384	4,074 497
2018-19	33,478 395	25,962 439	12,490 269	13,472 170	7,516 -44	3,400 -86	4,116 42
2019-20	33,426 -52	25,789 -173	12,189 -301	13,600 128	7,637 121	3,425 25	4,212 96
2020-21	32,428 -998	24,792 -997	11,418 -771	13,374 -226	7,636 -1	3,427 2	4,209 -3
2021-22	32,586 158	24,954 162	11,368 -50	13,586 212	7,632 -4	3,333 -94	4,299 90
2022-23	33,403 817	25,777 823	11,698 330	14,079 493	7,626 -6	3,177 -156	4,449 150
Average	32,341	24,904	11,798	13,106	7,438	3,412	4,026

Colorado State University-Fort Collins Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 24,904 where 25,777 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado State University-Fort Collins since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23,548	20,400	9,766	10,634	3,148	1,674	1,474
2014-15	23,598	20,456	9,737	10,719	3,142	1,654	1,488
2015-16	23,917	20,769	10,000	10,769	3,148	1,624	1,524
2016-17	25,177	21,977	10,489	11,488	3,200	1,647	1,553
2017-18	25,523	22,154	10,470	11,684	3,369	1,751	1,618
2018-19	25,962	22,527	10,783	11,744	3,435	1,707	1,728
2019-20	25,789	22,247	10,455	11,792	3,542	1,734	1,808
2020-21	24,792	19,944	9,055	10,889	4,848	2,363	2,485
2021-22	24,954	20,016	9,026	10,990	4,938	2,342	2,596
2022-23	25,777	22,245	10,033	12,212	3,532	1,665	1,867
Average	24,904	24,904	9,981	11,292	24,904	1,816	1,814

Colorado State University-Fort Collins Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,438 where 7,626 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado State University-Fort Collins since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,638	2,971	1,212	1,759	4,667	2,542	2,125
2014-15	7,756	3,154	1,382	1,772	4,602	2,445	2,157
2015-16	6,697	3,148	1,338	1,810	3,549	1,850	1,699
2016-17	6,679	3,136	1,287	1,849	3,543	1,815	1,728
2017-18	7,560	3,173	1,304	1,869	4,387	2,182	2,205
2018-19	7,516	3,074	1,201	1,873	4,442	2,199	2,243
2019-20	7,637	3,090	1,212	1,878	4,547	2,213	2,334
2020-21	7,636	2,928	1,131	1,797	4,708	2,296	2,412
2021-22	7,632	2,939	1,084	1,855	4,693	2,249	2,444
2022-23	7,626	3,080	1,100	1,980	4,546	2,077	2,469
Average	7,438	7,438	1,225	1,844	7,438	2,187	2,182

Colorado State University-Fort Collins Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.06%. The percentage was 72.70% 10 years ago and Colorado State University-Fort Collins still has a high percentage of white students. 3.03% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.32% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado State University-Fort Collins over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	110	745	665	2,644	32	22,673	955
2014-15	154	821	703	2,862	33	22,596	845
2015-16	190	842	691	3,036	47	21,937	650
2016-17	137	886	726	3,432	38	22,776	1,029
2017-18	149	993	774	3,853	54	23,244	1,174
2018-19	138	1,004	781	4,155	46	23,331	1,283
2019-20	150	974	751	4,398	46	23,172	1,434
2020-21	164	970	721	4,452	43	22,583	1,440
2021-22	162	981	775	4,476	44	22,668	1,488
2022-23	169	1,013	776	4,746	41	23,068	1,536
Average	152	923	736	3,805	42	22,805	1,183

Colorado State University-Fort Collins Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,726 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 44.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado State University-Fort Collins from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	31,354	2,578	4,305	24,471
2015-16	30,614	3,012	4,660	22,942
2016-17	31,856	2,964	4,446	24,446
2017-18	33,083	3,052	4,701	25,330
2018-19	33,478	3,457	4,779	25,242
2019-20	33,426	3,745	5,041	24,640
2020-21	32,428	6,127	21,561	4,740
2021-22	32,586	4,213	12,180	16,193
2022-23	33,403	3,726	7,393	22,284
Average	32,470	3,653	7,674	21,143

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