Enrollment Trends at Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 32,847 where 34,096 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

76.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,304 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,178 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Colorado State University-Fort Collins than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado State University-Fort Collins since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,614	23,917	11,624	12,293	6,697	3,188	3,509
2016-17	31,856 1,242	25,177 1,260	12,136 512	13,041 748	6,679 -18	3,102 -86	3,577 68
2017-18	33,083 1,227	25,523 346	12,221 85	13,302 261	7,560 881	3,486 384	4,074 497
2018-19	33,478 395	25,962 439	12,490 269	13,472 170	7,516 -44	3,400 -86	4,116 42
2019-20	33,426 -52	25,789 -173	12,189 -301	13,600 128	7,637 121	3,425 25	4,212 96
2020-21	32,428 -998	24,792 -997	11,418 -771	13,374 -226	7,636 -1	3,427 2	4,209 -3
2021-22	32,586 158	24,954 162	11,368 -50	13,586 212	7,632 -4	3,333 -94	4,299 90
2022-23	33,403 817	25,777 823	11,698 330	14,079 493	7,626 -6	3,177 -156	4,449 150
2023-24	33,500 97	25,834 57	11,689 -9	14,145 66	7,666 40	3,247 70	4,419 -30
2024-25	34,096 596	26,221 387	11,769 80	14,452 307	7,875 209	3,323 76	4,552 133
Average	32,847	25,395	11,860	13,534	7,452	3,311	4,142

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 25,395 where 26,221 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado State University-Fort Collins since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	23,917	20,769	10,000	10,769	3,148	1,624	1,524
2016-17	25,177	21,977	10,489	11,488	3,200	1,647	1,553
2017-18	25,523	22,154	10,470	11,684	3,369	1,751	1,618
2018-19	25,962	22,527	10,783	11,744	3,435	1,707	1,728
2019-20	25,789	22,247	10,455	11,792	3,542	1,734	1,808
2020-21	24,792	19,944	9,055	10,889	4,848	2,363	2,485
2021-22	24,954	20,016	9,026	10,990	4,938	2,342	2,596
2022-23	25,777	22,245	10,033	12,212	3,532	1,665	1,867
2023-24	25,834	22,737	10,279	12,458	3,097	1,410	1,687
2024-25	26,221	23,030	10,299	12,731	3,191	1,470	1,721
Average	25,395	25,395	10,089	11,676	25,395	1,771	1,859

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,452 where 7,875 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado State University-Fort Collins since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,697	3,148	1,338	1,810	3,549	1,850	1,699
2016-17	6,679	3,136	1,287	1,849	3,543	1,815	1,728
2017-18	7,560	3,173	1,304	1,869	4,387	2,182	2,205
2018-19	7,516	3,074	1,201	1,873	4,442	2,199	2,243
2019-20	7,637	3,090	1,212	1,878	4,547	2,213	2,334
2020-21	7,636	2,928	1,131	1,797	4,708	2,296	2,412
2021-22	7,632	2,939	1,084	1,855	4,693	2,249	2,444
2022-23	7,626	3,080	1,100	1,980	4,546	2,077	2,469
2023-24	7,666	3,188	1,192	1,996	4,478	2,055	2,423
2024-25	7,875	3,289	1,243	2,046	4,586	2,080	2,506
Average	7,452	7,452	1,209	1,895	7,452	2,102	2,246

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.42%. The percentage was 71.66% 10 years ago and Colorado State University-Fort Collins still has a high percentage of white students. 3.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.64% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.66% to 67.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.75% to 3.21%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.26% to 2.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.92% to 14.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5202 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4749 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado State University-Fort Collins over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	190	842	691	3,036	47	21,937	650
2016-17	137	886	726	3,432	38	22,776	1,029
2017-18	149	993	774	3,853	54	23,244	1,174
2018-19	138	1,004	781	4,155	46	23,331	1,283
2019-20	150	974	751	4,398	46	23,172	1,434
2020-21	164	970	721	4,452	43	22,583	1,440
2021-22	162	981	775	4,476	44	22,668	1,488
2022-23	169	1,013	776	4,746	41	23,068	1,536
2023-24	166	1,032	849	4,808	50	22,794	1,569
2024-25	165	1,095	901	4,979	58	22,988	1,590
Average	159	979	775	4,234	47	22,856	1,319