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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.
University of Denver, has the lowest yield rate of 9.15% for academic year 2024-2025 in Colorado. Western Colorado University is positioned second with 11.48% yield and Regis University follows them with 12%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Colorado.
Colorado Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Denver
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
9.15% 18,786 14,618 1,337 77.81%
2Western Colorado University
Public, four-yearsGunnison, CO
11.48% 3,119 3,110 357 99.71%
3Regis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
11.83% 5,722 4,947 585 86.46%
4University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Public, four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
12.85% 13,147 12,799 1,645 97.35%
5University of Northern Colorado
Public, four-yearsGreeley, CO
13.01% 11,127 9,553 1,243 85.85%
6University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
13.08% 14,931 11,151 1,458 74.68%
7University of Colorado Boulder
Public, four-yearsBoulder, CO
14.15% 67,286 52,539 7,432 78.08%
8Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Public, four-yearsFort Collins, CO
16.11% 38,465 34,057 5,485 88.54%
9Metropolitan State University of Denver
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
19.12% 11,622 11,483 2,196 98.80%
10Fort Lewis College
Public, four-yearsDurango, CO
19.49% 4,986 3,854 751 77.30%