There are 87 colleges in Colorado - 33 public and 54 private schools. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition of the Colorado colleges is $8,490 for state residents and $22,724 for out-of-state students.

30 Colorado cities have at least one college and, of them, Denver has the most of 19 colleges. It has 11 four-year colleges and 3 community colleges with a total of 76,395 students. Colorado Springs and Aurora also has a number of colleges of 13 and 9 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Colorado colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

87 Colorado Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Denver 191135 $26,393
($8,566)		 $21,059
($9,791)		 76,395 54,848 21,547 14 to 1
Colorado Springs 13544 $26,237
($7,370)		 $23,245
($15,131)		 52,745 48,416 4,329 16 to 1
Aurora 9432 $11,533
($8,400)		 $9,000
($9,000)		 20,176 17,044 3,132 15 to 1
Lakewood 6312 $22,676
($4,707)		 $15,143
($10,979)		 17,921 16,464 1,457 16 to 1
Boulder 4211 $38,272
($15,556)		 $30,235
($17,462)		 49,576 40,303 9,273 27 to 1
Littleton 32-1 $16,542
($4,308)		 $12,840 13,568 12,694 874 12 to 1
Fort Collins 3111 $33,765
($13,009)		 $29,786
($13,584)		 33,820 26,194 7,626 11 to 1
Greeley 32-1 $18,623
($7,349)		 $25,426
($14,788)		 16,603 13,951 2,652 13 to 1
Grand Junction 211- $24,312
($9,712)		 $15,830
($10,652)		 10,010 9,786 224 20 to 1
Pueblo 22-- $17,179
($7,142)		 $16,031
($9,665)		 13,098 11,253 1,845 17 to 1
La Junta 2-2- - - 999 999 - 8 to 1
Parker 21-1 - $35,503 1,605 74 1,531 8 to 1
Westminster 21-1 $16,974
($4,740)		 - 19,557 19,557 - 18 to 1
Sterling 1-1- - - 1,446 1,446 - 18 to 1
Thornton 1--1 - - 81 81 - 13 to 1
Greenwood Village 11-- $20,590 - 232 232 - 11 to 1
Rangely 1-1- - - 1,179 1,179 - 15 to 1
Louisville 11-- - $18,268 34 - 34 -
Las Animas 1-1- - - - - - -
Durango 11-- $20,798
($9,670)		 $8,358
($8,358)		 3,400 3,308 92 15 to 1
Lamar 1-1- - - 668 668 - 18 to 1
Fort Morgan 11-- $16,360
($4,127)		 - 1,462 1,462 - 14 to 1
Broomfield 1-1- - - 284 284 - 11 to 1
Trinidad 11-- $7,100
($4,468)		 - 1,505 1,505 - 18 to 1
Gunnison 11-- $23,683
($11,083)		 $15,550
($15,550)		 3,548 3,095 453 16 to 1
Glenwood Springs 11-- $12,540
($5,100)		 - 5,184 5,184 - 13 to 1
Loveland 1--1 - - 38 38 - 10 to 1
Golden 11-- $44,376
($21,186)		 $44,376
($21,354)		 7,403 5,714 1,689 17 to 1
Delta 1--1 - - 261 261 - 7 to 1
Alamosa 11-- $21,848
($9,776)		 $13,161
($10,425)		 2,854 1,588 1,266 13 to 1