Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Find Schools Near

Colorado State University - Fort Collins Overview

Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Colorado State University - Fort Collins Known For?

5,383 Undergraduate Awards
$34,393 Avg Cost After Aid
91% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Colorado State is the doctor's degree.
  • For the 2021-2022 academic year, 72% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Colorado State makes roughly $58,388 a year. This is 43% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Colorado State University - Fort Collins?

undefined

Contact details for Colorado State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 102 Administration Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0100
Phone: 970-491-1101
Website: colostate.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/coloradostateuniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ColoradoStateU

How Do I Get Into Colorado State?

You can apply to Colorado State online at: admissions.colostate.edu/onlineapplication

Admission Requirements for Colorado State

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Colorado State?

91% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
43% Submit SAT Scores
Since Colorado State has an acceptance rate of 91%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 43% of students accepted to Colorado State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 640.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Colorado State University - Fort Collins  ( 550 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Colorado State University - Fort Collins  ( 530 to 640 )
200
800
Colorado State received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

ACT English Scores for Colorado State University - Fort Collins  ( 21 to 30 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Colorado State University - Fort Collins  ( 23 to 29 )
1
36

Can I Afford Colorado State University - Fort Collins?

$34,393 Net Price
38% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Colorado State is $34,393. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Colorado State, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $8,570 a year. That adds up to $34,280 over four years for those students.

Colorado State University - Fort Collins Undergraduate Student Diversity

20,016 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 24,954 undergraduate students at Colorado State, with 20,016 being full-time and 4,938 being part-time.

undefined

There are also 7,632 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 20,016 full-time undergraduates at Colorado State, 45% are male and 55% are female.

undefined

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Colorado State University - Fort Collins students is as follows.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 565
Black or African American 431
Hispanic or Latino 3,008
White 14,171
International Students 556
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,285

Geographic Diversity

Colorado students aren't the only ones who study at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. At this time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 107 countries are represented at Colorado State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

3,726 Took All Classes Online
11,119 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 30 bachelor’s degree and 75 master’s degree programs available online at Colorado State. In 2022-2023, 11,119 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Colorado State has changed over the last few years.

undefined

This school is the 3rd most popular in Colorado for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Colorado State majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Agriculture 12%
Anthropology 22%
Applied Statistics, General 32%
Computer & Information Sciences 13%
Dispute Resolution 67%
Engineering 11%
Environmental Health 35%
Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism 3%
General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management 20%
General Civil Engineering 16%
General Computer Engineering 26%
General Journalism 4%
General Mechanical Engineering 19%
General Systems Engineering 35%
Industrial & Organizational Psychology 6%
Land Use Planning & Management/Development 57%
Mathematics & Statistics 1%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 22%
Natural Resources & Conservation 2%
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 15%
Nutrition Sciences 18%
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 19%
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods 16%
Other Social Work 67%
Other Student Counseling & Personnel Services 6%
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication 43%
Statistics 17%
Sustainability Studies 96%
Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management 4%

Colorado State University - Fort Collins Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 651 26 321 0 998
General Biology 318 0 86 14 418
General Psychology 256 0 11 16 283
Human Sciences Business Services 261 0 8 0 269
Computer Information Systems 189 0 56 10 255
Health & Physical Education 207 0 25 0 232
Zoology 200 0 20 3 223
Mechanical Engineering 179 0 19 15 213
Construction Engineering Technology 181 0 7 0 188
Communication & Media Studies 161 0 15 2 178
Social Work 88 10 63 1 162
Civil Engineering 109 1 29 20 159
Educational Administration 0 21 113 22 156
Natural Resource Management 56 19 78 1 154
Political Science & Government 141 0 4 4 149
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 147 147
Sociology 138 0 6 2 146
Economics 119 0 8 8 135
Journalism 131 0 3 0 134
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 79 0 11 18 108
Electrical Engineering 67 0 29 10 106
Animal Science 88 0 10 3 101
General English Literature 81 0 18 0 99
History 79 0 12 0 91
Fine & Studio Arts 87 0 3 0 90
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 51 0 26 10 87
Recreation Administration 75 6 1 2 84
Plant Sciences 58 0 9 16 83
Information Science 13 0 70 0 83
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 63 0 12 6 81
Chemical Engineering 75 0 2 2 79
Natural Resources Conservation 11 8 59 0 78
Animal Services 75 0 0 0 75
Chemistry 31 0 9 32 72
Music 38 0 34 0 72
Biomedical Engineering 63 0 1 6 70
Textile & Apparel Studies 67 0 2 0 69
Mathematics 51 0 7 11 69
Anthropology 62 0 7 0 69
General Engineering 0 2 65 0 67
Nutrition Science 36 6 22 2 66
Agricultural Economics & Business 52 0 3 1 56
Liberal Arts General Studies 55 0 0 0 55
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 50 0 0 0 50
Hospitality Management 50 0 0 0 50
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 49 1 50
International Studies 50 0 0 0 50
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 44 0 5 0 49
Geological & Earth Sciences 34 0 11 2 47
Forestry 30 8 7 1 46
Interior Architecture 45 0 0 0 45
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 25 19 0 44
Systems Engineering 0 14 9 20 43
Computer Engineering 21 3 16 1 41
Marketing 0 38 0 0 38
Applied Statistics 0 0 38 0 38
Finance & Financial Management 0 37 0 0 37
Teacher Education Grade Specific 25 3 7 0 35
Statistics 21 4 1 7 33
Accounting 0 0 32 0 32
Environmental Engineering 32 0 0 0 32
Information Technology 0 31 0 0 31
Data Analytics 0 31 0 0 31
Arts & Media Management 0 0 30 0 30
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 26 2 28
Physics 15 0 10 3 28
Ethnic Studies 16 8 2 0 26
Sustainability Science 0 26 0 0 26
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 15 11 26
Drama & Theater Arts 26 0 0 0 26
Natural Sciences 8 0 17 0 25
Philosophy 22 0 3 0 25
Soil Sciences 14 0 4 5 23
Landscape Architecture 22 0 1 0 23
Mental & Social Health Services 0 15 8 0 23
Public Relations & Advertising 0 6 11 3 20
Public Health 16 0 2 2 20
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 15 3 18
Student Counseling 0 2 16 0 18
Data Science 18 0 0 0 18
General Agriculture 0 0 17 0 17
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 17 0 17
Food Science Technology 15 1 0 0 16
Horticulture 16 0 0 0 16
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 16 0 16
Dispute Resolution 0 15 0 0 15
Computer Programming 0 11 0 0 11
General Family & Consumer Sciences 11 0 0 0 11
Materials Sciences 0 0 8 2 10
Geography & Cartography 10 0 0 0 10
Engineering Science 9 0 0 0 9
Writing Studies 0 0 9 0 9
Allied Health Professions 0 0 7 1 8
Fire Protection 8 0 0 0 8
Dance 8 0 0 0 8
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 3 4 7
Management Information Systems 0 7 0 0 7
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 6 6
Teacher Education Subject Specific 5 0 0 0 5
Biotechnology 0 0 4 0 4
Instructional Media Design 0 3 0 0 3
Public Administration 0 0 3 0 3
Agricultural Public Services 0 2 0 0 2
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 0 2 2
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 1 0 1
Anthrozoology 0 1 0 0 1
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5,383 390 1,723 460 7,956

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.