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Acceptance Rate

88.5%

Total Profiles

2

SAT Range

1080–1290

User Accept Rate

N/A

In-State Tuition

$12,896

Out-of-State Tuition

$33,751

Undergrad Enrollment

25,148

Applicants

36,612

Yield Rate

16.1%

Endowment / Student

$23,810

Student:Faculty

17:1

Applicant Profiles

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What you pay

$21,279/ yr

Average net price after grants & scholarships — about $85,116 over four years.

What grads earn

$59,528/ yr

Median earnings 4 years after completion$57,765 adjusted to national cost of living (local prices 3% above average).

A graduate’s first-year earnings cover the four-year net cost in roughly 1.4 years of pay.

78% of students out-earn a typical high-school graduate (about $28,500) within 10 years.

Field of study

Earnings & debt by major

Opportunity Insights

Economic mobility

Access

3.2%

from the bottom income fifth

Success

35%

of them reach the top fifth

Mobility rate

1.1%

move bottom → top

The mobility rate is how many of Colorado State University-Fort Collins’s students both start in the bottom income fifth and reach the top — a measure of who the school lifts, not just who it admits.

IPEDS

Net price by family income

Under $30k$13,259
$30–48k$14,460
$48–75k$15,905
$75–110k$21,927
Over $110k$29,763

Average net price paid by federally-aided students, by family income bracket.

Completion & debt

Finishing & paying back

Grad rate · 8 yr

70%

Completion · all

69%

Completion · Pell

63%

Repaying debt · 3 yr

71%

Median debt

$20,000

Classification

R1 research universityFour-year, large, primarily residential

Application Funnel

Applied
36,612
Admitted
32,80189.6%
Enrolled
5,29316% yield
Clery Act

Campus Safety

Reported 2024
CategoryOn-CampusResidence HallNon-CampusPublic Property
Arson3
Fondling91
Motor Vehicle Theft92
Rape231

Source: DOE Campus Safety and Security data, reported under the Clery Act.

EADA

Athletics

Title IX participation49% / 51%
MenWomen

Men's

Basketball15Football108Golf8Track & Field125

Women's

Basketball19Golf8Soccer36Softball25Swimming24Tennis8Track & Field120Volleyball22
Research Activity
FY 2024
$466Mtotal R&D expenditure#76 in US

Popular Majors (Bachelor's)

Business Administration and Management, General735 grads
Psychology, General329 grads
Computer and Information Sciences, General215 grads
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences206 grads
Biology/Biological Sciences, General200 grads
Kinesiology and Exercise Science198 grads
Mechanical Engineering174 grads
Biomedical Sciences, General161 grads
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician142 grads
Zoology/Animal Biology128 grads

4yr Grad Rate

47%

6yr Grad Rate

69%

Retention Rate

86%

Median Earnings

$60,543