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Tightest Colorado Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Colorado colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Colorado College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 18.47% for academic year 2023-2024 in Colorado. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Colorado.
Tightest Colorado Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Colorado College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
18.47%8,5111,57247630.28%
2Colorado School of Mines
Public, four-yearsGolden, CO
60.69%11,4366,9401,60223.08%
3University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
74.68%14,93111,1511,45813.08%
4Fort Lewis College
Public, four-yearsDurango, CO
77.30%4,9863,85475119.49%
5University of Denver
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
77.81%18,78614,6181,3379.15%
6University of Colorado Boulder
Public, four-yearsBoulder, CO
78.08%67,28652,5397,43214.15%
7Colorado Mesa University
Public, four-yearsGrand Junction, CO
82.03%12,46510,2252,35923.07%
8University of Northern Colorado
Public, four-yearsGreeley, CO
85.85%11,1279,5531,24313.01%
9Regis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
86.46%5,7224,94758511.83%
10Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Public, four-yearsFort Collins, CO
88.54%38,46534,0575,48516.11%