Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO · Public88.5%
Acceptance rate
$20,332
Avg net price
25,148
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Associate’s 98Bachelor’s 5,492Master’s 1,708Doctoral 489 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 830Master’s 296Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 806Master’s 201Doctoral 47 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 477Master’s 141Doctoral 64 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 409Master’s 39Doctoral 23 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 402Master’s 20Doctoral 15 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 332Master’s 95Doctoral 166 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 324Master’s 30Doctoral 3 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 277Master’s 183Doctoral 9 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 271Master’s 22Doctoral 3 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 266Master’s 18Doctoral 8 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 165Master’s 59Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 138Master’s 1Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 111Master’s 179Doctoral 3 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 111Master’s 44Doctoral 3 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 101Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 94Master’s 90Doctoral 3 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 75Master’s 23Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s 98Bachelor’s 65Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 65Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 59Master’s 55Doctoral 50 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 44Master’s 50Doctoral 18 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 26Master’s 124Doctoral 20 |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 17Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 9Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 9Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 8Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Associate’s None reportedBachelor’s 1Master’s 22Doctoral 54 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Colorado State University
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Mountain West Conference
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
375 unique student-athletes · 12 varsity teams
Early action date (non-binding)
Decision released by Jan 15
Regular decision date
Decision released by Feb 28
Rolling basis
FAFSA due Mar 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $10,610
- Required fees
- $2,763
- Food and housing
- $16,817
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other expenses
- $3,294
- Total
- $34,684
- $26,9352019–2019–20
- $25,4662020–2120–21
- $28,3462021–2221–22
- $30,4492022–2322–23
- $32,4392023–2423–24
- $34,6842024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $20,332 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 47%
- Average share of need met
- 70.9%
- Average need-based grant
- $12,658
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Colorado State University-Fort Collins’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
Colorado State University-Fort Collins admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield.
Colorado State University-Fort Collins runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Colorado State University-Fort Collins withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
5,376 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
Colorado State University-Fort Collins’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.9% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 59.9% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
Average 3.70
High-school class rank
Among the 59.9% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Colorado State University-Fort Collins rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Colorado State University-Fort Collins leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
Colorado State University-Fort Collins's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $20,332 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 2,256 of 4,790 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed84.8% of Colorado State University-Fort Collins’s first-years return for a second year and 66.9% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03