Colorado Public Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 11 public Colorado colleges that have competitive admission is 86.55% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.66%. The acceptance rate at 7 public Colorado colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.

Colorado School of Mines has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 58.00%. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (74.58%) and University of Northern Colorado (78.54%) are following it in the list of Tightest Colorado Public Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

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Colorado School of Mines has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 58.00% and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus has the second lowest rate of 74.58% among 11 Colorado colleges with competitive admission. Colorado School of Mines stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,380 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,302 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Colorado Public Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Colorado Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO Public, four-years	58.00% 1.12%	23.95%	1,400	$44,376 ($21,186)	7,403	81.00%	17 to 1
2 -	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO Public, four-years	74.58% 2.53%	14.57%	1,140	$28,209 ($10,017)	23,744	43.00%	17 to 1
3 4	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Public, four-years	78.54% 12.59%	15.03%	1,090	$26,204 ($12,010)	9,380	51.00%	14 to 1
4 1	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO Public, four-years	80.73% 1.15%	16.37%	1,280	$41,943 ($16,430)	39,585	74.00%	18 to 1
5 3	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO Public, four-years	84.77% 10.50%	13.20%	1,130	$20,492 ($9,712)	11,431	42.00%	15 to 1
6 1	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO Public, four-years	90.77% 1.13%	18.54%	1,180	$33,751 ($12,896)	33,403	66.00%	17 to 1
7 1	Western Colorado University Gunnison, CO Public, four-years	91.85% 0.98%	15.34%	1,130	$23,683 ($11,083)	3,548	46.00%	16 to 1
8 1	Colorado State University Global Aurora, CO Public, four-years	96.88% 0.85%	73.39%	-	$8,400 ($8,400)	9,565	-	15 to 1
9 5	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO Public, four-years	97.91% 9.09%	19.22%	1,020	$29,503 ($10,780)	16,995	28.00%	16 to 1
10 -	Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, CO Public, four-years	98.79% 0.38%	40.76%	1,020	$17,242 ($9,401)	6,617	35.00%	15 to 1
	Average	85.28%	25.04%	1,154	$27,380 ($12,192)	16,167	51.78%	16 to 1

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