The average acceptance rate of the 4 private Colorado colleges that have competitive admission is 70.69% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 2.56%. The acceptance rate at 2 private Colorado colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
Colorado College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 18.47%. University of Denver (77.81%) and Regis University (86.46%) are following it in the list of Tightest Colorado Private Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Colorado College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Denver also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $49,223 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,059 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year | 18.47% 1.56% | 30.28% | 1,340 | $70,734 | 2,056 | 88.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 - | University of Denver Denver, COPrivate, 4-year | 77.81% 6.62% | 9.15% | 1,320 | $61,398 | 12,813 | 76.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 - | Regis University Denver, COPrivate, 4-year | 86.46% 0.81% | 11.83% | - | $28,140 | 4,605 | 61.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 4 - | Naropa University Boulder, COPrivate, 4-year | 100.00% 6.00% | 27.27% | - | $36,620 | 1,094 | 37.00% | 10 to 1 |
| Average | 70.69% | 19.63% | 1,330 | $49,223 | 5,142 | 65.50% | 10 to 1 |