A total of 310,065 students are enrolled in Colorado colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

In Colorado colleges and universites, 41,923 students are 18 years old or younger(13.52%), 60,055 students are 18 or 19 years old (19.37%), 53,063 students are between 20 and 22 years old (17.11%), 40,201 students are between 22 and 24 years old (12.97%), and 40,101 students are between 25 and 29 years old (12.93%).

44,052 students are between 30 and 39 years old (14.21%), 20,193 students are between 40 and 49 years old (6.51%), 10,466 students are 50 years old or older (3.38%).

Student Population by Age for Colorado Colleges

In Colorado 4-year colleges and universites, 35,706 students are 18 years old or younger(6.25%), 56,681 students are 18 or 19 years old (9.92%), 50,801 students are between 20 and 22 years old (8.89%), 38,139 students are between 22 and 24 years old (6.67%), 37,262 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.52%), 40,039 students are between 30 and 39 years old (7.01%), 18,006 students are between 40 and 49 years old (3.15%), 9,063 students are 50 years old or older (1.59%)

In Colorado community colleges, there are 9,165 students are younger than 20 years old (20.20%), 3,738 students are between 20 and 24 years old (8.24%), 2,539 students are between 25 and 29 years old (5.60%), and 7,242 students are 30 years old or older (15.96%).

In Colorado trade schools, there are 426 students are younger than 20 years old (12.73%), 586 students are between 20 and 24 years old (17.51%), 300 students are between 25 and 29 years old (8.97%), and 361 students are 30 years old or older (10.79%).

Summary Table of Student Population by Age for Colorado Colleges
SchoolTotal Enrollment Under 1818-1920-2122-24 25-2930-4040-5050 and Over
All Levels310,065 41,923
(13.52%)
60,055
(19.37%)
53,063
(17.11%)
40,201
(12.97%)
40,101
(12.93%)
44,052
(14.21%)
20,193
(6.51%)
10,466
(3.38%)
4-Year Colleges571,416 35,706
(6.25%)
56,681
(9.92%)
50,801
(8.89%)
38,139
(6.67%)
37,262
(6.52%)
40,039
(7.01%)
18,006
(3.15%)
9,063
(1.59%)
Community Colleges45,368 6,138
(13.53%)
3,027
(6.67%)
1,975
(4.35%)
1,763
(3.89%)
2,539
(5.60%)
3,747
(8.26%)
2,119
(4.67%)
1,376
(3.03%)
Trade Schools3,346 79
(2.36%)
347
(10.37%)
287
(8.58%)
299
(8.94%)
300
(8.97%)
266
(7.95%)
68
(2.03%)
27
(0.81%)

Student Population Comparison By Age for All Colorado Colleges

The following table compares student population by age between Colorado colleges. A total of 310,065 students have enrolled in Colorado colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population Comparison by Age between Colorado Colleges
SchoolTotal Enrollment Under 1818-1920-2122-24 25-2930-4040-5050 and Over
National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA)Private, Less than 2-year161- 2
(1.24%)
11
(6.83%)
39
(24.22%)
41
(25.47%)
43
(26.71%)
18
(11.18%)
7
(4.35%)
Paul Mitchell the School-DenverPrivate, Less than 2-year2522
(0.79%)
54
(21.43%)
46
(18.25%)
52
(20.63%)
57
(22.62%)
36
(14.29%)
3
(1.19%)
2
(0.79%)
Rocky Vista UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,531- - 2
(0.13%)
234
(15.28%)
1,021
(66.69%)
260
(16.98%)
14
(0.91%)
-
Elevate Salon Institute-WestminsterPrivate, Less than 2-year1081
(0.93%)
25
(23.15%)
19
(17.59%)
19
(17.59%)
17
(15.74%)
21
(19.44%)
4
(3.70%)
2
(1.85%)
Colorado State University GlobalPublic, 4-year9,56582
(0.86%)
109
(1.14%)
333
(3.48%)
849
(8.88%)
1,997
(20.88%)
3,483
(36.41%)
1,951
(20.40%)
761
(7.96%)
Paul Mitchell the School-Colorado SpringsPrivate, Less than 2-year178- 38
(21.35%)
35
(19.66%)
39
(21.91%)
30
(16.85%)
22
(12.36%)
11
(6.18%)
3
(1.69%)
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderPrivate, 2-4 year8,8946
(0.07%)
294
(3.31%)
698
(7.85%)
912
(10.25%)
1,654
(18.60%)
2,663
(29.94%)
1,645
(18.50%)
1,022
(11.49%)
Empire Beauty School-AuroraPrivate, Less than 2-year73- 13
(17.81%)
17
(23.29%)
10
(13.70%)
15
(20.55%)
15
(20.55%)
3
(4.11%)
-
Empire Beauty School-LittletonPrivate, Less than 2-year58- 12
(20.69%)
22
(37.93%)
7
(12.07%)
7
(12.07%)
9
(15.52%)
1
(1.72%)
-
Avalon Institute-AuroraPrivate, Less than 2-year1883
(1.60%)
58
(30.85%)
39
(20.74%)
35
(18.62%)
29
(15.43%)
20
(10.64%)
3
(1.60%)
1
(0.53%)
Platt College-AuroraPrivate, 4-year232- 2
(0.86%)
11
(4.74%)
54
(23.28%)
79
(34.05%)
67
(28.88%)
17
(7.33%)
2
(0.86%)
Empire Beauty School-ThorntonPrivate, Less than 2-year81- 19
(23.46%)
22
(27.16%)
13
(16.05%)
16
(19.75%)
9
(11.11%)
2
(2.47%)
-
Trinidad State CollegePublic, 4-year1,505370
(24.58%)
344
(22.86%)
168
(11.16%)
120
(7.97%)
130
(8.64%)
207
(13.75%)
112
(7.44%)
54
(3.59%)
Colorado State University PuebloPublic, 4-year6,6171,376
(20.79%)
1,117
(16.88%)
870
(13.15%)
672
(10.16%)
591
(8.93%)
938
(14.18%)
662
(10.00%)
391
(5.91%)
Regis UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,6683
(0.06%)
688
(14.74%)
701
(15.02%)
673
(14.42%)
892
(19.11%)
977
(20.93%)
478
(10.24%)
255
(5.46%)
Red Rocks Community CollegePublic, 4-year6,4701,729
(26.72%)
1,222
(18.89%)
821
(12.69%)
660
(10.20%)
823
(12.72%)
768
(11.87%)
283
(4.37%)
164
(2.53%)
Pueblo Community CollegePublic, 4-year6,4812,494
(38.48%)
790
(12.19%)
476
(7.34%)
474
(7.31%)
633
(9.77%)
1,002
(15.46%)
423
(6.53%)
184
(2.84%)
Pikes Peak State CollegePublic, 4-year11,8992,068
(17.38%)
2,364
(19.87%)
1,629
(13.69%)
1,452
(12.20%)
1,703
(14.31%)
1,735
(14.58%)
634
(5.33%)
314
(2.64%)
Otero CollegePublic, 2-4 year999264
(26.43%)
288
(28.83%)
135
(13.51%)
47
(4.70%)
52
(5.21%)
84
(8.41%)
48
(4.80%)
81
(8.11%)
University of Northern ColoradoPublic, 4-year9,380555
(5.92%)
2,147
(22.89%)
2,218
(23.65%)
1,475
(15.72%)
1,047
(11.16%)
1,092
(11.64%)
633
(6.75%)
213
(2.27%)
Northeastern Junior CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,446272
(18.81%)
487
(33.68%)
166
(11.48%)
67
(4.63%)
64
(4.43%)
148
(10.24%)
122
(8.44%)
120
(8.30%)
Nazarene Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year566- 6
(1.06%)
12
(2.12%)
25
(4.42%)
39
(6.89%)
166
(29.33%)
148
(26.15%)
170
(30.04%)
Naropa UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,0651
(0.09%)
28
(2.63%)
56
(5.26%)
125
(11.74%)
277
(26.01%)
363
(34.08%)
140
(13.15%)
70
(6.57%)
Morgan Community CollegePublic, 4-year1,462655
(44.80%)
306
(20.93%)
100
(6.84%)
68
(4.65%)
88
(6.02%)
119
(8.14%)
82
(5.61%)
44
(3.01%)
Metropolitan State University of DenverPublic, 4-year16,995541
(3.18%)
3,134
(18.44%)
3,203
(18.85%)
3,697
(21.75%)
2,911
(17.13%)
2,408
(14.17%)
769
(4.52%)
332
(1.95%)
Colorado Mesa UniversityPublic, 4-year8,905933
(10.48%)
2,775
(31.16%)
2,375
(26.67%)
1,344
(15.09%)
638
(7.16%)
536
(6.02%)
207
(2.32%)
97
(1.09%)
Lamar Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year668221
(33.08%)
265
(39.67%)
83
(12.43%)
33
(4.94%)
21
(3.14%)
26
(3.89%)
16
(2.40%)
3
(0.45%)
International Salon and Spa AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year313- 65
(20.77%)
56
(17.89%)
57
(18.21%)
59
(18.85%)
62
(19.81%)
12
(3.83%)
2
(0.64%)
Front Range Community CollegePublic, 4-year19,4497,367
(37.88%)
3,414
(17.55%)
2,289
(11.77%)
1,948
(10.02%)
1,728
(8.88%)
1,725
(8.87%)
661
(3.40%)
317
(1.63%)
Fort Lewis CollegePublic, 4-year3,400120
(3.53%)
1,297
(38.15%)
945
(27.79%)
535
(15.74%)
233
(6.85%)
169
(4.97%)
49
(1.44%)
52
(1.53%)
Lincoln College of Technology-DenverPrivate, 2-4 year1,1555
(0.43%)
416
(36.02%)
239
(20.69%)
164
(14.20%)
147
(12.73%)
134
(11.60%)
39
(3.38%)
11
(0.95%)
Community College of DenverPublic, 4-year7,2921,974
(27.07%)
1,254
(17.20%)
959
(13.15%)
886
(12.15%)
904
(12.40%)
893
(12.25%)
287
(3.94%)
135
(1.85%)
Technical College of the RockiesPublic, Less than 2-year26173
(27.97%)
61
(23.37%)
20
(7.66%)
28
(10.73%)
29
(11.11%)
29
(11.11%)
11
(4.21%)
10
(3.83%)
Community College of AuroraPublic, 2-4 year8,3434,822
(57.80%)
1,051
(12.60%)
567
(6.80%)
481
(5.77%)
513
(6.15%)
583
(6.99%)
223
(2.67%)
103
(1.23%)
Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsPrivate, 4-year24,8082
(0.01%)
231
(0.93%)
835
(3.37%)
1,817
(7.32%)
4,366
(17.60%)
9,000
(36.28%)
5,425
(21.87%)
3,132
(12.62%)
Colorado State University-Fort CollinsPublic, 4-year33,403366
(1.10%)
9,681
(28.98%)
9,407
(28.16%)
5,473
(16.38%)
3,837
(11.49%)
3,076
(9.21%)
1,055
(3.16%)
508
(1.52%)
Colorado School of MinesPublic, 4-year7,40390
(1.22%)
2,674
(36.12%)
2,196
(29.66%)
1,111
(15.01%)
683
(9.23%)
521
(7.04%)
90
(1.22%)
38
(0.51%)
Colorado Northwestern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,179548
(46.48%)
226
(19.17%)
87
(7.38%)
59
(5.00%)
88
(7.46%)
109
(9.25%)
26
(2.21%)
36
(3.05%)
Colorado Mountain CollegePublic, 4-year5,1841,901
(36.67%)
823
(15.88%)
490
(9.45%)
412
(7.95%)
492
(9.49%)
629
(12.13%)
229
(4.42%)
208
(4.01%)
University of Colorado BoulderPublic, 4-year39,585378
(0.95%)
12,574
(31.76%)
12,699
(32.08%)
6,069
(15.33%)
4,417
(11.16%)
2,542
(6.42%)
651
(1.64%)
255
(0.64%)
University of Colorado Colorado SpringsPublic, 4-year11,431412
(3.60%)
2,693
(23.56%)
2,608
(22.82%)
2,056
(17.99%)
1,426
(12.47%)
1,428
(12.49%)
583
(5.10%)
225
(1.97%)
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusPublic, 4-year23,7442,880
(12.13%)
3,051
(12.85%)
3,216
(13.54%)
4,151
(17.48%)
4,632
(19.51%)
3,829
(16.13%)
1,407
(5.93%)
578
(2.43%)
Arapahoe Community CollegePublic, 4-year12,6366,508
(51.50%)
1,877
(14.85%)
907
(7.18%)
787
(6.23%)
828
(6.55%)
978
(7.74%)
486
(3.85%)
265
(2.10%)
Aims Community CollegePublic, 4-year7,1782,657
(37.02%)
1,604
(22.35%)
911
(12.69%)
599
(8.34%)
495
(6.90%)
560
(7.80%)
207
(2.88%)
145
(2.02%)
Adams State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,854244
(8.55%)
476
(16.68%)
364
(12.75%)
373
(13.07%)
352
(12.33%)
568
(19.90%)
323
(11.32%)
154
(5.40%)