Colorado Public Colleges where Students Complete in Time

Colorado School of Mines has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 79% last year.

University of Colorado Boulder with 75% and Colorado State University-Fort Collins with 67% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Colorado Public Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,617 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,309 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 86.55% and the average SAT score is 1,147 at the schools.

Table. Colorado Public Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Colorado School of Mines Golden, COPublic, 4-year 79.00%
4.25%
$44,376
($21,186)
24.73%59.71%1,4007,40317 to 1
2
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University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COPublic, 4-year 75.00%
0.96%
$41,943
($15,556)
16.16%83.28%1,33039,58518 to 1
3
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Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, COPublic, 4-year 67.00%
2.12%
$33,765
($13,009)
16.14%89.59%-33,40317 to 1
4
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University of Northern Colorado Greeley, COPublic, 4-year 51.00%
0.90%
$25,940
($11,528)
13.84%86.43%1,0709,38014 to 1
5
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COPublic, 4-year 47.00%
1.04%
$28,209
($10,017)
14.36%77.81%1,10023,74417 to 1
6
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPublic, 4-year 45.00%
0.86%
$23,955
($10,438)
13.81%96.57%1,13011,43115 to 1
7
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Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, COPublic, 4-year 38.00%
0.56%
$17,242
($9,401)
37.03%99.84%9906,61715 to 1
8
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Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, COPublic, 4-year 30.00%
0.24%
$29,503
($10,780)
17.34%99.14%1,01016,99516 to 1
Average54.00%$30,617
($12,739)
19.18%86.55%1,14718,57016 to 1