Admissions & selectivity
Colorado State University-Fort Collins Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Colorado State University-Fort Collins?
Colorado State University-Fort Collins’s reported acceptance rate is 88.5%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 88.5%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Colorado State University-Fort Collins had an admission rate of 88.5% for its entering class, so most applicants in that pool received an offer. For comparison, this was above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Colorado State University-Fort Collins students report?
SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Colorado State University-Fort Collins in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Colorado State University-Fort Collins?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 21.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 22.6%
- First-year retention
- 85.9%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Colorado State University-Fort Collins enrolls 25,538 undergraduates, a student body that includes Pell Grant recipients and a sizable share of people who began their coursework elsewhere. 21.1% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 22.6% enter as transfers or part-time students, so the campus is not defined by a single entry route.
At Colorado State University-Fort Collins, the first-time, full-time cohort returns for a second year at a rate of 85.9%, above the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 66.5%, also ahead of the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell recipients in that entering cohort complete at 64.2%, 2.3 percentage points below the overall rate. An enrolled student can expect a campus where most classmates return and a majority finish.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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