Colorado Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs has the lowest 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 19% last year.

Metropolitan State University of Denver with 28% and Colorado State University Pueblo with 35% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Colorado Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,047 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,394 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 88.00% and the average SAT score is 1,136 at the schools.

Table. Colorado Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year 19.00%
3.57%
$12,760---24,80831 to 1
2
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Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, COPublic, 4-year 28.00%
1.76%
$29,503
($10,780)
17.00%99.00%1,01016,99516 to 1
3
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Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, COPublic, 4-year 35.00%
3.56%
$17,242
($9,401)
37.02%100.00%9906,61715 to 1
4
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPublic, 4-year 42.00%
2.14%
$23,955
($10,438)
14.00%97.00%1,13011,43115 to 1
5
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COPublic, 4-year 43.00%
5.04%
$28,209
($10,017)
14.00%78.00%1,10023,74417 to 1
6
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University of Northern Colorado Greeley, COPublic, 4-year 51.00%
0.90%
$25,940
($11,528)
14.00%86.00%1,0709,38014 to 1
7
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Colorado Christian University Lakewood, COPrivate, 4-year 60.00%
1.76%
$27,808---8,96416 to 1
8
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Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, COPublic, 4-year 66.00%
3.12%
$33,765
($13,009)
16.00%90.00%-33,40317 to 1
9
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University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, COPublic, 4-year 74.00%
0.04%
$41,943
($15,556)
16.00%83.00%1,33039,58518 to 1
10
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University of Denver Denver, COPrivate, 4-year 77.00%
1.31%
$59,34011.00%71.00%1,32013,7348 to 1
Average49.50%$30,047
($11,533)
17.38%88.00%1,13618,86617 to 1