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Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO · Public · Midsize city · Carnegie R1/R2 · CSUFC

Public institution in Fort Collins, CO · 25,148 undergraduates · 90% acceptance rate · $60,543 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$20,3321,101st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$12,896829th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$33,7511,385th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$29,696926th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$20,000625th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$60,543523rd highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$49,748555th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
66.9%529th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
84.8%441st highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
89.6%1,212th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
26270th highest of 952 reporting

Campus

Undergraduates
25,14879th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
17.0:11,581st smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
18.9%1,763rd highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 54 mi (DEN)

On 3 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 76 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Computer EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$79,284$75,706
Fire ProtectionHomeland Security & Law Enforcementbachelors$78,971$81,333
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Sciencebachelors$76,208$73,070
Construction Engineering TechnologiesEngineering Technologybachelors$70,232$71,015
Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$69,338$71,778
Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$63,005$67,101
Mechanical EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$62,167$65,807
Civil EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$61,437$59,253
Chemical EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$58,673$53,358
Information Science/StudiesComputer Sciencebachelors$57,318$64,990
Environmental/Environmental Health EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$52,107$47,118
Public HealthHealth Professionsbachelors$47,846$47,260

Campus facts

Athletics — 9 sports

NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I

Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $10,878,748 (M $6,184,356 · W $4,694,392)

Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Colorado State University-Fort Collins’s 25,148 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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