Enrollment Trends for Colorado Colleges

There are 47 active four-years colleges and universities in Colorado - 23 public and 24 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 316,683 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Colorado including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 16.48% from 271,886 to 316,683. The undergraduate population increased by 16.1% and the graduate population increased by 18.2% in last 10 years at Colorado Colleges.

By gender, there are 179,091 female students and 137,592 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.30 to 1. The female students increased by 23.87% and male students increased by 8.08% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 292,937, and 316,683 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 81.67% are undergraduate students and 18.33% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 35,909, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 8,940.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Colorado Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	271,886	222,776	106,085	116,691	49,110	21,216	27,894
2013-14	273,456 1,570	222,782 6	106,537 452	116,245 -446	50,674 1,564	21,907 691	28,767 873
2014-15	272,724 -732	221,828 -954	106,309 -228	115,519 -726	50,896 222	21,755 -152	29,141 374
2015-16	271,437 -1,287	220,343 -1,485	105,367 -942	114,976 -543	51,094 198	21,331 -424	29,763 622
2016-17	299,851 28,414	244,681 24,338	113,719 8,352	130,962 15,986	55,170 4,076	22,560 1,229	32,610 2,847
2017-18	304,544 4,693	248,465 3,784	116,377 2,658	132,088 1,126	56,079 909	23,007 447	33,072 462
2018-19	306,770 2,226	249,128 663	115,659 -718	133,469 1,381	57,642 1,563	23,192 185	34,450 1,378
2019-20	310,289 3,519	250,958 1,830	114,349 -1,310	136,609 3,140	59,331 1,689	23,513 321	35,818 1,368
2020-21	300,708 -9,581	240,251 -10,707	106,130 -8,219	134,121 -2,488	60,457 1,126	23,994 481	36,463 645
2021-22	293,956 -6,752	232,855 -7,396	103,668 -2,462	129,187 -4,934	61,101 644	24,060 66	37,041 578
2022-23	316,683 22,727	258,634 25,779	114,610 10,942	144,024 14,837	58,049 -3,052	22,982 -1,078	35,067 -1,974
Average	292,937	237,518	109,892	127,626	55,418	22,683	32,735

Colorado Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 237,518. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 35,858 from 222,776 to 258,634.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	222,776	141,349	69,809	71,540	81,427	36,276	45,151
2013-14	222,782	142,207	70,714	71,493	80,575	35,823	44,752
2014-15	221,828	142,787	71,076	71,711	79,041	35,233	43,808
2015-16	220,343	142,041	70,693	71,348	78,302	34,674	43,628
2016-17	244,681	156,907	76,167	80,740	87,774	37,552	50,222
2017-18	248,465	159,257	77,227	82,030	89,208	39,150	50,058
2018-19	249,128	160,848	77,307	83,541	88,280	38,352	49,928
2019-20	250,958	160,089	75,514	84,575	90,869	38,835	52,034
2020-21	240,251	150,772	69,346	81,426	89,479	36,784	52,695
2021-22	232,855	146,384	67,855	78,529	86,471	35,813	50,658
2022-23	258,634	153,493	71,098	82,395	105,141	43,512	61,629
Average	237,518	237,518	72,437	78,121	237,518	37,455	49,506

Colorado Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 55,418. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 8,939 from 49,110 to 58,049.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	49,110	22,380	9,829	12,551	26,730	11,387	15,343
2013-14	50,674	23,319	10,269	13,050	27,355	11,638	15,717
2014-15	50,896	23,423	10,246	13,177	27,473	11,509	15,964
2015-16	51,094	22,644	9,836	12,808	28,450	11,495	16,955
2016-17	55,170	25,781	11,028	14,753	29,389	11,532	17,857
2017-18	56,079	25,873	10,935	14,938	30,206	12,072	18,134
2018-19	57,642	26,414	10,713	15,701	31,228	12,479	18,749
2019-20	59,331	26,657	10,659	15,998	32,674	12,854	19,820
2020-21	60,457	27,003	10,615	16,388	33,454	13,379	20,075
2021-22	61,101	26,887	10,248	16,639	34,214	13,812	20,402
2022-23	58,049	25,392	9,620	15,772	32,657	13,362	19,295
Average	55,418	55,418	10,363	14,707	55,418	12,320	18,028

Colorado Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.60%. The percentage was 64.15% 10 years ago and Colorado Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 4.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	2,718	8,954	11,813	35,129	584	174,423	7,670
2013-14	2,617	9,139	11,593	36,483	605	174,644	8,965
2014-15	2,618	9,447	11,565	37,656	640	173,591	9,696
2015-16	2,564	9,845	11,143	38,910	635	170,940	10,243
2016-17	2,667	10,470	19,621	43,665	754	181,492	12,262
2017-18	2,588	10,929	18,921	46,131	766	180,105	13,009
2018-19	2,624	11,303	18,320	48,286	641	177,826	13,610
2019-20	2,741	11,555	18,130	50,993	814	179,230	14,210
2020-21	2,784	11,698	17,492	49,676	694	174,442	14,340
2021-22	2,774	12,037	16,441	49,565	668	170,372	14,332
2022-23	2,939	12,968	17,228	57,414	655	179,286	15,175
Average	2,694	10,759	15,661	44,901	678	176,032	12,137

Colorado Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

85,100 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 146.92% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	271,886	34,464	27,756	209,666
2013-14	273,456	37,368	28,809	207,279
2014-15	272,724	39,620	30,744	202,360
2015-16	271,437	39,176	34,173	198,088
2016-17	299,851	65,372	37,035	197,444
2017-18	304,544	69,239	40,051	195,254
2018-19	306,770	70,463	42,527	193,780
2019-20	310,289	74,422	43,685	192,182
2020-21	300,708	124,028	97,063	79,617
2021-22	293,956	83,245	93,953	116,758
2022-23	316,683	85,100	68,134	163,449
Average	292,937	65,682	49,448	177,807

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