Colorado 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 81% last year.

University of Denver with 77% and University of Colorado Boulder with 74% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Colorado 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 $33,208 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,355 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 84.89% and the average SAT score is 1,169 at the schools.

Table. Colorado 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 81.00%
2.25%
$44,376
($21,186)
25.00%60.00%1,4007,40317 to 1
2
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University of Denver Denver, COPrivate, 4-year 77.00%
1.31%
$59,34011.00%71.00%1,32013,7348 to 1
3
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University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COPublic, 4-year 74.00%
0.04%
$41,943
($15,556)
16.00%83.00%1,33039,58518 to 1
4
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Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, COPublic, 4-year 66.00%
3.12%
$33,765
($13,009)
16.00%90.00%-33,40317 to 1
5
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Colorado Christian University Lakewood, COPrivate, 4-year 60.00%
1.76%
$27,808---8,96416 to 1
6
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University of Northern Colorado Greeley, COPublic, 4-year 51.00%
0.90%
$25,940
($11,528)
14.00%86.00%1,0709,38014 to 1
7
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COPublic, 4-year 43.00%
5.04%
$28,209
($10,017)
14.00%78.00%1,10023,74417 to 1
8
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPublic, 4-year 42.00%
2.14%
$23,955
($10,438)
14.00%97.00%1,13011,43115 to 1
9
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Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, COPublic, 4-year 35.00%
3.56%
$17,242
($9,401)
37.02%100.00%9906,61715 to 1
10
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Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, COPublic, 4-year 28.00%
1.76%
$29,503
($10,780)
17.00%99.00%1,01016,99516 to 1
Average55.70%$33,208
($12,739)
18.22%84.89%1,16917,12615 to 1