Enrollment Trends for Colorado Colleges

Colorado Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 335,106 students were enrolled in Colorado colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 23% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 25.86% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 9.88% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.29 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 188,826 and have increased by 30.53% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 146,280 and have increased by 14.22% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 95,485 students (28.49%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 141% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 303,572, and 335,106 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 84.06% are undergraduate students and 15.94% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 73,130, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 5,026.

The women to men ratio is 1.31 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Colorado Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	272,724	221,828	106,309	115,519	50,896	21,755	29,141
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
2023-24	327,222 10,539	269,262 10,628	120,024 5,414	149,238 5,214	57,960 -89	23,274 292	34,686 -381
2024-25	335,106 7,884	279,184 9,922	124,458 4,434	154,726 5,488	55,922 -2,038	21,822 -1,452	34,100 -586
Average	303,572	246,872	112,788	134,084	56,700	22,863	33,837

Colorado Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 246,872. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 57,356 from 221,828 to 279,184.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	269,262	157,903	73,419	84,484	111,359	46,605	64,754
2024-25	279,184	159,829	74,045	85,784	119,355	50,413	68,942
Average	246,872	246,872	73,068	80,597	246,872	39,720	53,487

Colorado Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 56,700. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 5,026 from 50,896 to 55,922.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	57,960	27,309	10,677	16,632	30,651	12,597	18,054
2024-25	55,922	28,941	11,385	17,556	26,981	10,437	16,544
Average	56,700	56,700	10,542	15,487	56,700	12,321	18,350

Colorado Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.00%. The percentage was 63.65% 10 years ago and Colorado Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.81% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	2,882	13,454	18,807	60,486	748	182,128	16,287
2024-25	2,941	13,771	20,371	64,298	743	182,458	16,710
Average	2,738	11,589	17,094	49,735	705	177,443	13,625

Colorado Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

95,485 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 177.06% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

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
2023-24	327,222	92,526	67,936	166,760
2024-25	335,106	95,485	70,035	169,586
Average	298,818	70,039	52,454	176,325