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Most Favored Colorado Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Colorado. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Colorado College, has the highest yield rate of 41.75% for academic year 2022-2023 in Colorado. Colorado State University Pueblo is positioned second with 40.76% yield and Colorado Mesa University follows them with 22%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Colorado.
Most Favored Colorado Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Colorado College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
41.75% 7,846 1,279 534 16.30%
2Colorado State University Pueblo
Public, four-yearsPueblo, CO
40.76% 1,572 1,553 633 98.79%
3Colorado Mesa University
Public, four-yearsGrand Junction, CO
21.84% 9,810 8,021 1,752 81.76%
4Adams State University
Public, four-yearsAlamosa, CO
19.34% 1,580 1,567 303 99.18%
5Metropolitan State University of Denver
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
19.22% 10,163 9,951 1,913 97.91%
6Fort Lewis College
Public, four-yearsDurango, CO
18.97% 4,942 4,496 853 90.98%
7Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Public, four-yearsFort Collins, CO
18.54% 33,122 30,066 5,573 90.77%
8University of Colorado Boulder
Public, four-yearsBoulder, CO
16.37% 53,781 43,416 7,106 80.73%
9Western Colorado University
Public, four-yearsGunnison, CO
15.34% 3,116 2,862 439 91.85%
10University of Northern Colorado
Public, four-yearsGreeley, CO
15.03% 10,107 7,938 1,193 78.54%