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Colorado Colleges by the Numbers
17 four-year Colorado colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 17, with Colorado medians up top.
Published in-state tuition runs from $9,000 at the cheapest campus to $70,734 at the most expensive — a $61,734 spread inside Colorado alone. Colorado's ten-year earnings benchmark of $53,445 sits 1% below the national median for college-goers. Not one of Colorado's listed schools still requires test scores; 3 — Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora among them — don't consider scores at all.
Colorado has 17 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from University of Colorado Boulder at 31,939 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is Colorado College at 18.5% admitted; the most open is Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora at 100%.
Each Colorado school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Colorado, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Colorado medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86.5% | $12,750 | $53,445 | 50.5% |
Medians across 23 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Colorado; the table below lists the 17 with complete admissions records.
All Colorado colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora | Aurora | 100% | not considered | $24,653 | 336 | $34,657 |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs | 18.5% | 1365–1520 | $70,734 | 2,014 | $65,222 |
| Colorado Mesa University | Grand Junction | 82% | 930–1180 | $9,927 | 8,143 | $45,823 |
| Colorado School of Mines | Golden | 60.7% | 1320–1470 | $21,914 | 6,155 | $97,335 |
| Colorado State University Global | Denver | 98.4% | — | $9,000 | 6,563 | $76,813 |
| Colorado State University Pueblo | Pueblo | 94.9% | 870–1100 | $9,720 | 3,042 | $55,563 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Fort Collins | 88.5% | not considered | $13,373 | 25,538 | $60,543 |
| Fort Lewis College | Durango | 77.3% | 980–1220 | $9,958 | 3,079 | $46,349 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | Denver | 98.8% | 880–1110 | $11,124 | 15,002 | $52,093 |
| Naropa University | Boulder | 100% | not considered | $36,620 | 339 | $28,720 |
| Regis University | Denver | 86.5% | — | $46,340 | 2,627 | $72,105 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder | 78.1% | 1230–1420 | $15,666 | 31,939 | $69,738 |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs | 97.4% | 1020–1240 | $10,149 | 8,697 | $54,659 |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | Denver | 74.7% | 980–1220 | $10,383 | 10,519 | $64,270 |
| University of Denver | Denver | 77.8% | 1240–1410 | $61,398 | 6,025 | $71,155 |
| University of Northern Colorado | Greeley | 85.9% | 970–1180 | $12,416 | 5,598 | $52,231 |
| Western Colorado University | Gunnison | 99.7% | 1000–1240 | $11,318 | 1,586 | $46,833 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.