Colorado State University-Fort Collins Student Population

How many students at Colorado State University-Fort Collins?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Colorado State University-Fort Collins has a total enrollment of 34,096 students, including 26,221 undergraduate and 7,875 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 15,092 male students (44.3%) and 19,004 female students (55.7%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 22,988 White students (67.4%) and 4,979 Hispanic students (14.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 26,221 undergraduate students (76.9%) and 7,875 graduate students (23.1%).
• Class Delivery: 4,704 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 7,022 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - Colorado State University-Fort Collins's body is almost same.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 15,092 male (44.26%) and 19,004 female (55.74%) students are attending Colorado State University-Fort Collins. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 79.41.

By class level, 26,221 (76.90%) are undergraduate students and 7,875 (23.10%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 44.88% are male and 55.12% are female, while among graduate students, 42.20% are male and 57.80% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 22,988 White, 901 Black, and 1,095 Asian students out of a total of 34,096 are attending at Colorado State University-Fort Collins. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Colorado State University-Fort Collins is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 52% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Colorado State University-Fort Collins has 171 students under 18 years old and 49 students over 65 years old. There are 25,186 students under 25 years old, and 8,908 students over 25 years old out of 34,096 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 171 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. Colorado State University-Fort Collins has 23,534 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,686 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,652 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,222 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Colorado State University-Fort Collins, 4,704 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,022 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,260 students who live in Colorado or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,444 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 26,221 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,513 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.77%.1,247 students have transferred in as full-time status and 266 students transferred in as part-time status.