Total 376,876 Students Enrolled in Colorado Colleges

A total of 376,876 students are enrolled in Colorado colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

Student Level: There are 320,955 undergraduate and 55,922 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 85.16% and the proportion of graduate students is 14.84%.
Institution Level: 350,879 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 17,378 students enrolled in community colleges, and 8,619 students enrolled in trade schools.

Colorado 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics

For 48 Colorado 4-year colleges, there are 350,879 students enrolled.

Institution Control: 280,920 (80.06%) students in public and 69,959 (19.94%) in private 4-year colleges.
Student Level: 294,958 (84.06%) undergraduate and 55,922 (15.94%) graduate students in Colorado public 4-year colleges.
Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Colorado 4-year colleges, 56.63% are women (198,712) and 43.37% are men (152,167). This yields a ratio of approximately 77 male students for every 100 female students.
Online Enrollment: 53,788 (15.33%) undergraduate and 23,480 (6.69%) graduate students are enrolled online in Colorado 4-year colleges.
Largest and Smallest: For Colorado colleges, University of Colorado Boulder has the most number of students of 38,799 among 4-year colleges. For Colorado community colleges, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder has the most students of 8,504 and Emily Griffith Technical College is the largest trade school with 6,123.

Student Population By School Level for Colorado Colleges

By attending status, there are 208,107 full-time students and 168,439 part-time students at Colorado colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Colorado colleges. A total of 376,876 students have enrolled in Colorado colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Colorado Colleges
School	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
School	Total	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Adams State UniversityPublic, 4-year	2,901	1,605	942	663	1,296	1,095	201
Aims Community CollegePublic, 4-year	8,542	8,542	2,208	6,334	-	-	-
Arapahoe Community CollegePublic, 4-year	15,012	15,012	2,847	12,165	-	-	-
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year	139	139	139	-	-	-	-
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusPublic, 4-year	23,124	13,921	8,298	5,623	9,203	4,018	5,185
University of Colorado Colorado SpringsPublic, 4-year	11,354	9,302	7,146	2,156	2,052	788	1,264
Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year	397	397	397	-	-	-	-
University of Colorado BoulderPublic, 4-year	38,799	32,244	28,916	3,328	6,555	4,443	2,112
Colorado Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year	9,951	8,200	1,920	6,280	1,751	684	1,067
Colorado CollegePrivate, 4-year	2,056	2,031	1,989	42	25	6	19
Concorde Career College-AuroraPrivate, 4-year	256	256	256	-	-	-	-
Colorado Mountain CollegePublic, 4-year	5,494	5,494	1,533	3,961	-	-	-
Colorado Northwestern Community CollegePublic, 4-year	1,271	1,271	431	840	-	-	-
Colorado School of MinesPublic, 4-year	8,044	6,195	5,964	231	1,849	1,377	472
Colorado School of TradesPrivate, 2-4 year	85	85	85	-	-	-	-
Colorado State University-Fort CollinsPublic, 4-year	34,096	26,221	23,030	3,191	7,875	3,289	4,586
Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsPrivate, 4-year	31,830	28,246	16,623	11,623	3,584	3,036	548
Community College of AuroraPublic, 4-year	8,833	8,833	1,565	7,268	-	-	-
Technical College of the RockiesPublic, Less than 2-year	304	304	58	246	-	-	-
Community College of DenverPublic, 4-year	7,965	7,965	2,023	5,942	-	-	-
Lincoln College of Technology-DenverPrivate, 2-4 year	1,212	1,212	1,212	-	-	-	-
Denver SeminaryPrivate, 4-year	847	-	-	-	847	174	673
University of DenverPrivate, 4-year	12,813	6,614	5,761	853	6,199	2,729	3,470
Emily Griffith Technical CollegePublic, Less than 2-year	6,123	6,123	1,235	4,888	-	-	-
Fort Lewis CollegePublic, 4-year	3,544	3,392	2,836	556	152	93	59
Front Range Community CollegePublic, 4-year	21,970	21,970	4,815	17,155	-	-	-
Iliff School of TheologyPrivate, 4-year	166	-	-	-	166	99	67
International Salon and Spa AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year	248	248	67	181	-	-	-
Lamar Community CollegePublic, 4-year	690	690	355	335	-	-	-
Colorado Mesa UniversityPublic, 4-year	9,785	9,473	7,068	2,405	312	212	100
Metropolitan State University of DenverPublic, 4-year	18,453	17,274	8,854	8,420	1,179	684	495
Morgan Community CollegePublic, 4-year	1,626	1,626	299	1,327	-	-	-
Naropa UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,094	339	307	32	755	360	395
Nazarene Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year	527	527	13	514	-	-	-
Northeastern Junior CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,684	1,684	705	979	-	-	-
University of Northern ColoradoPublic, 4-year	8,869	6,480	5,193	1,287	2,389	783	1,606
Otero CollegePublic, 2-4 year	959	959	495	464	-	-	-
Pikes Peak State CollegePublic, 4-year	12,556	12,556	4,558	7,998	-	-	-
Pueblo Community CollegePublic, 4-year	7,284	7,284	1,831	5,453	-	-	-
Red Rocks Community CollegePublic, 4-year	8,419	8,322	2,115	6,207	97	97	-
Regis UniversityPrivate, 4-year	4,605	2,689	1,862	827	1,916	1,494	422
Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignPrivate, 4-year	2,061	2,061	1,080	981	-	-	-
Montessori Education Center of the RockiesPrivate, 4-year	43	10	10	-	33	33	-
Colorado State University PuebloPublic, 4-year	6,851	5,086	2,614	2,472	1,765	503	1,262
Pickens Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year	1,060	1,060	1,060	-	-	-	-
Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsPrivate, 2-4 year	679	679	679	-	-	-	-
Intellitec College-Grand JunctionPrivate, 2-4 year	1,077	1,077	1,077	-	-	-	-
Trinidad State CollegePublic, 4-year	1,613	1,613	618	995	-	-	-
Empire Beauty School-ThorntonPrivate, Less than 2-year	149	149	107	42	-	-	-
Western Colorado UniversityPublic, 4-year	3,568	3,148	1,464	1,684	420	290	130
Platt College-AuroraPrivate, 4-year	215	215	-	-	-	-	-
Dr. Ida Rolf InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year	12	12	12	-	-	-	-
IBMC CollegePrivate, 2-4 year	297	297	297	-	-	-	-
Avalon Institute-AuroraPrivate, Less than 2-year	162	162	89	73	-	-	-
Colorado Chinese Medicine UniversityPrivate, 4-year	89	-	-	-	89	68	21
Cheeks Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year	46	46	31	15	-	-	-
Colorado School of Healing ArtsPrivate, Less than 2-year	52	52	-	52	-	-	-
Pima Medical Institute-DenverPrivate, 2-4 year	664	664	664	-	-	-	-
Pima Medical Institute-Colorado SpringsPrivate, 2-4 year	305	305	305	-	-	-	-
TIGI Hairdressing Academy LegacyPrivate, Less than 2-year	72	72	72	-	-	-	-
Colorado Media SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year	38	38	38	-	-	-	-
Empire Beauty School-LittletonPrivate, Less than 2-year	48	48	34	14	-	-	-
Empire Beauty School-AuroraPrivate, Less than 2-year	70	70	42	28	-	-	-
Academy of Natural Therapy IncPrivate, Less than 2-year	13	13	-	13	-	-	-
Taft University SystemPrivate, 4-year	324	1	-	-	324	324	-
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderPrivate, 2-4 year	8,504	8,504	8,504	-	-	-	-
Institute of Taoist Education and AcupuncturePrivate, 4-year	32	-	-	-	32	32	-
Denver College of NursingPrivate, 4-year	811	757	757	-	54	54	-
Aveda Institute-DenverPrivate, Less than 2-year	280	280	280	-	-	-	-
Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado SpringsPrivate, Less than 2-year	204	204	141	63	-	-	-
The Salon Professional Academy-Colorado SpringsPrivate, Less than 2-year	121	121	92	29	-	-	-
Pima Medical Institute-AuroraPrivate, 2-4 year	266	266	266	-	-	-	-
United Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year	23	23	21	2	-	-	-
Colorado Academy of Veterinary TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year	23	23	13	10	-	-	-
Colorado State University GlobalPublic, 4-year	10,257	7,157	2,173	4,984	3,100	282	2,818
Elevate Salon Institute-WestminsterPrivate, Less than 2-year	115	115	-	-	-	-	-
Rocky Vista UniversityPrivate, 4-year	1,903	-	-	-	1,903	1,894	9
Paul Mitchell the School-DenverPrivate, Less than 2-year	213	213	157	56	-	-	-
Stacey James InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year	90	90	90	-	-	-	-
Tuana European Beauty AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year	42	42	20	22	-	-	-
Apex College of Veterinary TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year	27	27	13	14	-	-	-
Colorado Technical University-Denver SouthPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otero College - La Junta High SchoolPublic, 2-4 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otero College - Fort Lyon Colorado Coalition for the HomelessPublic, 2-4 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia College - DenverPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA)Private, Less than 2-year	194	194	194	-	-	-	-
Relay Graduate School of Education - DenverPrivate, 4-year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona College of Nursing-AuroraPrivate, 4-year	336	336	201	135	-	-	-

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