Colleges in Colorado
Solyo has full profiles for 7 colleges in Colorado: 5 public, 2 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $25,346 a year after grant aid, $3,781 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 78% of applicants. They sit across 5 cities, concentrated in Colorado Springs, Denver, Boulder.
What Colorado costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Colorado public university is $13,373 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Colorado Boulder, where an out-of-state family pays $29,252 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $11,900 at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to $36,131 at University of Denver. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Colorado.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Colorado schools are
Colorado College admits 18% of applicants and University of Colorado Colorado Springs admits 97%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Colorado is 1412 at Colorado School of Mines.
Every Colorado college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado · Private nonprofit18% acceptance · $33,375 net price · 1365 avg SAT
- Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado · Public61% acceptance · $28,690 net price · 1412 avg SAT
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado · Public75% acceptance · $11,900 net price · 1116 avg SAT
- University of DenverDenver, Colorado · Private nonprofit78% acceptance · $36,131 net price · 1355 avg SAT
- University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado · Public78% acceptance · $25,346 net price · 1357 avg SAT
- Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado · Public89% acceptance · $21,279 net price
- University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado · Public97% acceptance · $15,788 net price · 1133 avg SAT
Other West states
On median net price Colorado is the 10th most affordable of the 13 West states in this directory, and the 9th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- California (50)
- Washington (7)
- Oregon (6)
- New Mexico (3)
- Arizona (2)
- Idaho (2)
- Montana (2)
- Nevada (2)
- Utah (2)
- Hawaii (2)
- Wyoming (1)
- Alaska (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter Colorado and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.