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Colorado Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Regis University, has the lowest yield rate of 10.14% for academic year 2022-2023 in Colorado. University of Denver is positioned second with 10.90% yield and University of Colorado Colorado Springs follows them with 13%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Colorado.
Colorado Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Regis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
10.14% 5,549 4,222 428 76.09%
2University of Denver
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
10.90% 19,342 15,024 1,638 77.68%
3University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Public, four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
13.20% 14,751 12,504 1,650 84.77%
4University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
14.57% 15,631 11,658 1,698 74.58%
5University of Northern Colorado
Public, four-yearsGreeley, CO
15.03% 10,107 7,938 1,193 78.54%
6Western Colorado University
Public, four-yearsGunnison, CO
15.34% 3,116 2,862 439 91.85%
7University of Colorado Boulder
Public, four-yearsBoulder, CO
16.37% 53,781 43,416 7,106 80.73%
8Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Public, four-yearsFort Collins, CO
18.54% 33,122 30,066 5,573 90.77%
9Fort Lewis College
Public, four-yearsDurango, CO
18.97% 4,942 4,496 853 90.98%
10Metropolitan State University of Denver
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
19.22% 10,163 9,951 1,913 97.91%