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Tightest Colorado Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next 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. United States Air Force Academy has the lowest acceptance rate as of 16.23% for academic year 2022-2023 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 (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1United States Air Force Academy
Public, four-yearsUSAF Academy, CO
16.23%8,3531,3561,05677.88%
2Colorado College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
16.30%7,8461,27953441.75%
3Colorado School of Mines
Public, four-yearsGolden, CO
58%10,8866,3141,51223.95%
4University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Public, four-yearsDenver, CO
74.58%15,63111,6581,69814.57%
5Regis University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
76.09%5,5494,22242810.14%
6University of Denver
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDenver, CO
77.68%19,34215,0241,63810.90%
7University of Northern Colorado
Public, four-yearsGreeley, CO
78.54%10,1077,9381,19315.03%
8University of Colorado Boulder
Public, four-yearsBoulder, CO
80.73%53,78143,4167,10616.37%
9Colorado Mesa University
Public, four-yearsGrand Junction, CO
81.76%9,8108,0211,75221.84%
10University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Public, four-yearsColorado Springs, CO
84.77%14,75112,5041,65013.20%