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# Colorado State University-Fort Collins Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## 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](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) 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](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).