Colorado Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate
Colorado School of Mines has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 81% last year.
University of Colorado Boulder with 74% and Colorado State University-Fort Collins with 66% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Colorado Public Colleges having Highest Graduation Rate. Colleges having highest graduation rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
Key Admission and Academic Facts of Colorado Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate
Colorado School of Mines has the highest graduation rate of 81% and University of Colorado Boulder has the second highest graduation rate of 74%.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,215 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,309 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 83.01% and the average SAT score is 1,158 at the schools.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 8 Colorado Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate.
| School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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| 1 - | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO Public, four-years | 81.00% 2.00% | $44,376 ($21,186) | 23.95% | 58.00% | 1,400 | 7,403 | 17 to 1 |
| 2 - | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO Public, four-years | 74.00% - | $41,943 ($16,430) | 16.37% | 80.73% | 1,280 | 39,585 | 18 to 1 |
| 3 - | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO Public, four-years | 66.00% 3.00% | $33,751 ($12,896) | 18.54% | 90.77% | 1,180 | 33,403 | 17 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Public, four-years | 51.00% 1.00% | $26,204 ($12,010) | 15.03% | 78.54% | 1,090 | 9,380 | 14 to 1 |
| 5 - | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO Public, four-years | 43.00% 5.00% | $28,209 ($10,017) | 14.57% | 74.58% | 1,140 | 23,744 | 17 to 1 |
| 6 - | University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO Public, four-years | 42.00% 2.00% | $20,492 ($9,712) | 13.20% | 84.77% | 1,130 | 11,431 | 15 to 1 |
| 7 - | Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, CO Public, four-years | 35.00% 4.00% | $17,242 ($9,401) | 40.76% | 98.79% | 1,020 | 6,617 | 15 to 1 |
| 8 - | Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO Public, four-years | 28.00% 2.00% | $29,503 ($10,780) | 19.22% | 97.91% | 1,020 | 16,995 | 16 to 1 |
| Average | 52.50% | $30,215 ($12,804) | 20.21% | 83.01% | 1,158 | 18,570 | 16 to 1 |
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