77.09% of Applicants Accepted to Colorado Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Colorado colleges is 77.09% and the admission yield is 17.54%. A total of 210,950 applicants have applied to Coloradocolleges (four-years) and 162,615 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 28,515 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Colorado college admission, the total number of applicants decreased by 6,059 (-2.79%) compared to last year, from 217,009 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 626, which is more than 2.24% last year.

Colorado colleges' acceptance rate increased by 3.66% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Colorado colleges. The yield increased by 0.03%.

Among Colorado colleges, United States Air Force Academy has the lowest acceptance rate of 16.23% with 1,356 accepted students out of 8,353 applicants. University of Colorado Boulder has the most number of applicants of 53,781 and University of Colorado Boulder has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,106.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Colorado Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Colorado. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Colorado Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Adams State University	1,580 -137	1,567 -147	303 -15	99.18% -0.65%	19.34% 0.79%
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology	224 -123	111 -171	53 1	49.55% -31.72%	47.75% 29.31%
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	15,631 1,203	11,658 1,263	1,698 10	74.58% 2.53%	14.57% -1.67%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs	14,751 2,851	12,504 1,167	1,650 241	84.77% -10.50%	13.20% 0.77%
University of Colorado Boulder	53,781 -975	43,416 -160	7,106 321	80.73% 1.15%	16.37% 0.80%
Colorado College	7,846 -3,129	1,279 -285	534 -86	16.30% 2.05%	41.75% 2.11%
Concorde Career College-Aurora	151 -207	150 -147	94 -80	99.34% 16.38%	62.67% 4.08%
Colorado School of Mines	10,886 -1,136	6,314 -524	1,512 63	58.00% 1.12%	23.95% 2.76%
Colorado School of Trades	27 -27	21 -32	18 -29	77.78% -20.37%	85.71% -2.97%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	33,122 1,536	30,066 1,752	5,573 376	90.77% 1.13%	18.54% 0.19%
University of Denver	19,342 -3,352	15,024 584	1,638 17	77.68% 14.05%	10.90% -0.33%
Fort Lewis College	4,942 1,147	4,496 976	853 -107	90.98% -1.77%	18.97% -8.30%
Colorado Mesa University	9,810 1,728	8,021 1,536	1,752 -103	81.76% 1.52%	21.84% -6.76%
Metropolitan State University of Denver	10,163 -1,143	9,951 -91	1,913 81	97.91% 9.09%	19.22% 0.98%
Naropa University	94 -54	94 -54	30 1	100.00%	31.91% 12.32%
University of Northern Colorado	10,107 -45	7,938 -1,314	1,193 -63	78.54% -12.59%	15.03% 1.45%
Regis University	5,549 -410	4,222 -627	428 -8	76.09% -5.28%	10.14% 1.15%
Montessori Education Center of the Rockies	9 4	9 4	9 5	100.00%	100.00% 20.00%
Colorado State University Pueblo	1,572 -482	1,553 -484	633 30	98.79% -0.38%	40.76% 11.16%
United States Air Force Academy	8,353 -3,334	1,356 -97	1,056 -35	16.23% 3.80%	77.88% 2.79%
Western Colorado University	3,116 -127	2,862 -85	439 -17	91.85% 0.98%	15.34% -0.13%
Platt College-Aurora	17 5	11 4	10 3	64.71% 6.38%	90.91% -9.09%
Dr. Ida Rolf Institute	2	2	2	100.00%	100.00%
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology	1 -11	1 -11	1 -11	100.00%	100.00%
Colorado State University Global	128 2	124 3	91 -8	96.88% 0.85%	73.39% -8.43%
DeVry University-Colorado	-	-	-	-	-
Turing School of Software & Design	544 528	448 432	448 432	82.35% -17.65%	100.00%
National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA)	382 198	172 117	128 105	45.03% 15.14%	74.42% 32.60%

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