There are 88 colleges in Colorado - 33 public and 55 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Colorado colleges is $8,236 for state residents and $21,799 for out-of-state students.

30 Colorado cities have at least one college and, of them, Denver has the most of 20 colleges. It has 12 four-year colleges and 3 community colleges with a total of 87,323 students. Colorado Springs and Aurora also has a number of colleges of 13 and 9 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Colorado colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

88 Colorado Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Denver 201235 $22,867
($8,891)		 $19,684
($10,822)		 87,323 65,061 22,263 14 to 1
Colorado Springs 13544 $27,223
($7,708)		 $24,400
($15,704)		 60,002 54,341 5,661 14 to 1
Aurora 9522 $15,971
($4,470)		 - 10,983 10,983 - 15 to 1
Lakewood 6312 $22,165
($4,859)		 $16,608
($11,084)		 20,781 18,933 1,848 15 to 1
Boulder 4211 $39,795
($15,214)		 $30,607
($16,634)		 48,409 41,099 7,310 22 to 1
Littleton 32-1 $14,817
($4,434)		 $13,175 15,907 15,060 847 13 to 1
Greeley 32-1 $19,383
($7,656)		 $26,446
($15,376)		 17,424 15,035 2,389 14 to 1
Fort Collins 3111 $35,061
($13,373)		 $30,813
($14,125)		 34,435 26,560 7,875 20 to 1
La Junta 2-2- - - 959 959 - 7 to 1
Westminster 21-1 $17,263
($4,663)		 - 22,085 22,085 - 19 to 1
Grand Junction 211- $25,124
($9,927)		 $16,359
($10,900)		 10,862 10,550 312 20 to 1
Parker 21-1 - $37,417 1,993 90 1,903 4 to 1
Pueblo 22-- $17,797
($7,385)		 $16,684
($10,064)		 14,135 12,370 1,765 18 to 1
Alamosa 11-- $21,944
($9,824)		 $5,898
($5,898)		 2,901 1,605 1,296 14 to 1
Lamar 11-- $7,260
($4,550)		 - 690 690 - 16 to 1
Glenwood Springs 11-- $12,840
($5,112)		 - 5,494 5,494 - 10 to 1
Greenwood Village 11-- $24,347 - 215 215 - 10 to 1
Fort Morgan 11-- $16,852
($4,252)		 - 1,626 1,626 - 11 to 1
Golden 11-- $45,824
($21,914)		 $45,824
($22,100)		 8,044 6,195 1,849 18 to 1
Louisville 11-- $18,068 $18,268 32 - 32 -
Delta 1--1 - - 304 304 - 6 to 1
Las Animas 1-1- - - - - - -
Trinidad 11-- $7,318
($4,608)		 - 1,613 1,613 - 16 to 1
Gunnison 11-- $24,434
($11,318)		 $15,550
($15,550)		 3,568 3,148 420 17 to 1
Rangely 11-- $7,304
($4,594)		 - 1,271 1,271 - 9 to 1
Loveland 1--1 - - 46 46 - 15 to 1
Sterling 1-1- - - 1,684 1,684 - 18 to 1
Broomfield 1-1- - - 397 397 - 14 to 1
Durango 11-- $21,526
($9,958)		 $11,466
($11,466)		 3,544 3,392 152 14 to 1
Thornton 1--1 - - 149 149 - 20 to 1