by our College Data Analytics Team
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins was awarded 138 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general biology.
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Colorado State is ranked #178 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 31 colleges in Colorado, Colorado State is ranked at #4.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins has an acceptance rate of 91%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Colorado State.
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.
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The student to faculty ratio at Colorado State University - Fort Collins is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Colorado State University - Fort Collins is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Colorado State for first-time, full-time students is 47%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 24,792 undergraduates at Colorado State with 19,944 being full-time and 4,848 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,653 | $10,727 | $14,311 | $22,243 | $27,159 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Colorado State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Colorado State, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $8,773 a year. That adds up to $35,092 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 998 | $54,846 |
| General Biology | 418 | $32,958 |
| General Psychology | 283 | $37,121 |
| Human Sciences Business Services | 269 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 255 | $78,856 |
| Health & Physical Education | 232 | $35,326 |
| Zoology | 223 | $27,741 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 213 | $60,720 |
| Construction Engineering Technology | 188 | $78,423 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 178 | $38,731 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 11,119 students took at least one online class at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. This is a decrease from the 16,393 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 11,119 | 3,726 |
| 2021-2022 | 16,393 | 4,213 |
| 2020-2021 | 27,688 | 6,127 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,236 | 3,457 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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