The average acceptance rate of the 10 public Colorado colleges that have competitive admission is 87.70% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.57%. The acceptance rate at 4 public Colorado colleges increased and the rate of 6 colleges decreased.
Colorado School of Mines has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 60.69%. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (74.68%) and University of Colorado Boulder (78.08%) are following it in the list of Tightest Colorado Public 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 School of Mines stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $28,733 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,367 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 School of Mines Golden, COPublic, 4-year | 60.69% 0.98% | 23.08% | 1,400 | $45,824 ($21,914) | 8,044 | 82.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 2 - | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COPublic, 4-year | 74.68% 3.13% | 13.08% | 1,100 | $29,391 ($10,383) | 23,124 | 46.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 3 - | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COPublic, 4-year | 78.08% 5.20% | 14.15% | 1,340 | $42,970 ($15,214) | 38,799 | 74.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of Northern Colorado Greeley, COPublic, 4-year | 85.85% 0.58% | 13.01% | 1,070 | $26,979 ($11,901) | 8,869 | 51.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 5 - | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, COPublic, 4-year | 88.54% 1.05% | 16.11% | - | $35,061 ($13,373) | 34,096 | 67.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 6 4 | Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, COPublic, 4-year | 94.90% 4.94% | 22.44% | - | $17,944 ($9,720) | 6,851 | 40.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 7 - | University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPublic, 4-year | 97.35% 0.78% | 12.85% | 1,130 | $25,039 ($10,906) | 11,354 | 47.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 8 2 | Colorado State University Global Denver, COPublic, 4-year | 98.40% 5.54% | 99.39% | - | $9,000 ($9,000) | 10,257 | - | 23 to 1 |
| 9 - | Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, COPublic, 4-year | 98.80% 0.34% | 19.12% | 1,010 | $30,684 ($11,124) | 18,453 | 32.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 10 2 | Western Colorado University Gunnison, COPublic, 4-year | 99.71% 2.24% | 11.48% | 1,260 | $24,434 ($11,318) | 3,568 | 50.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 87.70% | 24.47% | 1,187 | $28,733 ($12,485) | 16,342 | 54.33% | 17 to 1 |