Tightest Colorado Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 15 Colorado colleges that have competitive admission is 81.47% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.24%. The acceptance rate at 9 Colorado colleges increased and the rate of 5 colleges decreased.

Colorado College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 16.30%. Colorado School of Mines (58.00%) and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (74.58%) are following it in the list of Tightest Colorado 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.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest Colorado Colleges To Get In

Colorado College has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 16.30% and Colorado School of Mines has the second lowest rate of 58.00% among 15 Colorado colleges with competitive admission. Colorado College stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Colorado School of Mines also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,991 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,872 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Colorado Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Colorado Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Private, four-years	16.30% 2.05%	41.75%	1,370	$67,932	2,203	86.00%	10 to 1
2 -	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO Public, four-years	58.00% 1.12%	23.95%	1,400	$44,376 ($21,186)	7,403	81.00%	17 to 1
3 1	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO Public, four-years	74.58% 2.53%	14.57%	1,140	$28,209 ($10,017)	23,744	43.00%	17 to 1
4 2	Regis University Denver, CO Private, four-years	76.09% 5.28%	10.14%	1,120	$43,980	4,668	66.00%	9 to 1
5 2	University of Denver Denver, CO Private, four-years	77.68% 14.05%	10.90%	1,320	$59,340	13,734	77.00%	8 to 1
6 4	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Public, four-years	78.54% 12.59%	15.03%	1,090	$26,204 ($12,010)	9,380	51.00%	14 to 1
7 2	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO Public, four-years	80.73% 1.15%	16.37%	1,280	$41,943 ($16,430)	39,585	74.00%	18 to 1
8 3	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO Public, four-years	84.77% 10.50%	13.20%	1,130	$20,492 ($9,712)	11,431	42.00%	15 to 1
9 1	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO Public, four-years	90.77% 1.13%	18.54%	1,180	$33,751 ($12,896)	33,403	66.00%	17 to 1
10 1	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO Public, four-years	91.85% 0.98%	15.34%	1,130	$23,683 ($11,083)	3,548	46.00%	16 to 1
	Average	72.93%	17.98%	1,216	$38,991 ($13,333)	14,910	63.20%	14 to 1

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