Most Favored Colorado Colleges

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 30.28% for academic year 2024-2025 in Colorado. Colorado Mesa University is positioned second with 23.07% yield and Colorado State University Pueblo follows them with 22%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Colorado.

Most Favored Colorado Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Colorado College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO	30.28%	8,511	1,572	476	18.47%
2	Colorado Mesa University Public, four-yearsGrand Junction, CO	23.07%	12,465	10,225	2,359	82.03%
3	Colorado State University Pueblo Public, four-yearsPueblo, CO	22.44%	2,902	2,754	618	94.90%
4	Fort Lewis College Public, four-yearsDurango, CO	19.49%	4,986	3,854	751	77.30%
5	Metropolitan State University of Denver Public, four-yearsDenver, CO	19.12%	11,622	11,483	2,196	98.80%
6	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Public, four-yearsFort Collins, CO	16.11%	38,465	34,057	5,485	88.54%
7	University of Colorado Boulder Public, four-yearsBoulder, CO	14.15%	67,286	52,539	7,432	78.08%
8	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Public, four-yearsDenver, CO	13.08%	14,931	11,151	1,458	74.68%
9	University of Northern Colorado Public, four-yearsGreeley, CO	13.01%	11,127	9,553	1,243	85.85%
10	University of Colorado Colorado Springs Public, four-yearsColorado Springs, CO	12.85%	13,147	12,799	1,645	97.35%

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