Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Online Program Overview

Colorado State University-Fort Collins is a four-years, public school located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $12,896 for Colorado residents and $33,751 for other students on average.

It offers 261 degree programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 69 programs - 10 Bachelors, 25 Masters, 3 Doctorate, 31 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters Certificate.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
Online Degree Programs
School Name	Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Type	four-years, public
Address	102 Administration Building, Fort Collins, CO
Online Students	3,726 Enrolled Online Exclusively 7,393 Enrolled in Some Online Courses
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	In-State$12,896 Out-of-State$33,751
Graduate Tuition & Fees	In-State$13,584 Out-of-State$29,786
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Total	69 Programs
Bachelors	10 Programs
Masters	25 Programs
Doctorate	3 Programs
Post-Graduate	31 Programs

2024 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at Colorado State University-Fort Collins . Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. For Colorado residents, the tuition & fees are $12,896 and $33,751 for non-Colorado residents. For graduate programs, the 2024 tuition & fees is $13,584 and $29,786 for out-of-state students.

The costs per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $462 for Colorado residents and $1,550 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $606 for Colorado residents and $1,505 for out-of-state students.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Undergraduate (In-State)	$11,901	$11,814	$12,188	$12,559	$12,896
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$30,622	$30,535	$31,470	$32,517	$33,751
Graduate (In-State)	$12,871	$12,784	$13,313	$13,490	$13,584
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$28,142	$28,055	$29,043	$29,220	$29,786

Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Undergraduate (In-State)	$428	$428	$441	$450	$462
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$1,407	$1,407	$1,450	$1,493	$1,550
Graduate (In-State)	$584	$584	$602	$602	$606
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$1,433	$1,433	$1,476	$1,476	$1,505

Tuition & Fees Trends last 5 years

Online Programs By Area of Study

Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers 261 degree programs through Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 69 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 10 Bachelors, 25 Masters, 3 Doctorate, 31 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters. The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	25	3	31
Overall Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	77	87	52	45

The following tables list each online program with offered degrees. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program. It includes the completers through on-campus classes and hybrid on/offline classes as well as completely online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all online schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural and Extension Education Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Horticultural Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	56	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Range Science and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1	1	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Natural Resources/Conservation	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	59	NOT OFFERED	8
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	3
Land Use Planning and Management/Development	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	53	NOT OFFERED	9
Forest Sciences and Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	8

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Journalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Technical and Scientific Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5

Computer and Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	70	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology Project Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21

Education

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	22	21
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	2
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Engineering

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Civil Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	29	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Water Resources Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Computer Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	16	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1
Computer Engineering (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Mechanical Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	19	15	NOT OFFERED
Systems Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	14

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Statistics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Statistics (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Applied Statistics, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	38	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nutrition Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	22	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6
Dispute Resolution	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15
Sustainability Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	26
Anthrozoology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Data Analytics, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6

Psychology

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Fire Services Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	88	63	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Social Work (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3

Social Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	34	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Clinical/Medical Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15
Environmental Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	9
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	17
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	37
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7
Management Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	38

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At Colorado State University-Fort Collins, there are 33,403 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 11,119 students were attending classes through distance learning (3,726 students are enrolled exclusively and 7,393 are enrolled in some online courses).

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	33,403
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	3,726
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	7,393
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	22,284

By student location, out of a total of 3,726 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 1,735 Colorado Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 1,782 students living in the U.S. States other than Colorado, and 2 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.