Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 400,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,107 (91% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 278 (86%)

Honors College

Name University Honors Program
Students 1,800 (8%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 23,665
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 69%
From Region 4%
Athletes 375 (1.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 69%
Hispanic 16%
Mixed 5%
Asian 3%
Black 3%
International 3%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agricultural Sciences 515 38% 77% 3% 1% 11% 2% $58,566 6 -0.27 46 95% 5.6%
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 41 +3 59% 76% 0% 0% 15% 5% $58,437 12 -1.41 46 95% 5.1% — — —
Agricultural Economics 22 — 45% 82% 0% 0% 5% 9% $58,437 12 -1.41 46 95% 5.1% — — —
Animal Sciences 84 — 11% 60% 5% 2% 18% 2% $58,589 68 +0.42 46 95% — — — —
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations 19 +3 53% 74% 5% 0% 11% 0% $71,631 87 +0.94 73 91% — — — —
Brewing Science 8 — 88% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $72,719 83 +0.83 75 — — — — —
Environmental Science 27 — 41% 89% 4% 0% 4% 0% $54,818 31 -0.48 36 97% — — — —
Equestrian/Equine Studies 47 +1 2% 91% 0% 0% 4% 2% $49,198 22 -0.60 21 95% — — — —
Food Science 5 — 80% 60% 20% 0% 20% 0% $72,719 83 +0.83 75 — — — — —
Forestry 43 — 77% 79% 5% 0% 9% 2% $63,398 58 +0.18 58 93% — — — —
Horticultural Science 81 +1 33% 83% 0% 0% 14% 0% $50,192 12 -1.04 23 95% 6.0% — — —
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 10 +1 20% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,192 12 -1.04 23 95% 6.0% — — —
Soil Science 15 +2 60% 60% 7% 13% 13% 0% $59,600 44 -0.17 49 94% — — — —
Hospitality Management 6 — 17% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,803 84 +0.47 63 100% — — — —
Restaurant/Food Services Management 30 +1 43% 70% 7% 0% 10% 7% $65,803 84 +0.47 63 100% — — — —
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy 39 +2 62% 79% 0% 0% 13% 0% $65,031 68 +0.42 62 95% — — — —
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $65,031 68 +0.42 62 95% — — — —
Agricultural Teacher Education 10 +1 20% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $52,916 25 -0.77 31 — — — — —
Landscape Architecture 26 — 31% 69% 4% 0% 12% 4% $65,691 32 -0.27 63 90% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business 794 64% 70% 3% 2% 16% 2% $87,038 84 +0.49 88 96% 4.5%
Business Administration 794 +2 64% 70% 3% 2% 16% 2% $87,038 79 +0.49 88 96% 4.5% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Human Sciences 759 24% 75% 2% 1% 16% 1% $58,717 7 -0.55 46 95% 7.4%
Nutrition Sciences 44 — 9% 57% 11% 0% 18% 2% $60,613 32 -0.32 51 96% — — — —
Environmental Health 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $76,680 79 +0.56 79 100% — — — —
Exercise Science 244 +1 39% 79% 2% 2% 14% 0% $64,136 64 +0.27 60 95% — — — —
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management 64 — 22% 70% 3% 5% 14% 0% $68,029 20 -0.74 67 95% — — — —
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 195 +2 7% 77% 2% 2% 17% 0% $52,847 1 -1.92 30 — — — — —
Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management 80 — 39% 88% 0% 0% 6% 4% $50,382 10 -0.92 24 94% 7.4% — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences 12 — 17% 83% 0% 0% 8% 0% $49,153 21 -0.49 21 100% — — — —
Social Work 94 — 14% 60% 2% 1% 30% 0% $55,929 65 +0.32 39 94% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 16 — 0% 88% 0% 0% 6% 0% $48,188 23 -0.61 19 98% — — — —
Fire Services Administration 9 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 11% 11% $96,185 96 +1.53 93 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Liberal Arts 1,199 37% 73% 3% 4% 14% 1% $57,292 4 -0.35 43 94% 7.2%
Natural Sciences 7 +1 43% 57% 0% 0% 29% 0% $59,642 59 +0.12 49 — — — — —
Economics 89 +17 75% 72% 3% 0% 12% 8% $76,342 19 -0.81 79 96% 5.6% — — —
English 75 +4 35% 80% 0% 4% 12% 1% $47,087 23 -0.65 16 89% — — — —
Ethnic Studies 7 +1 29% 43% 0% 0% 29% 0% $57,250 50 -0.16 42 100% — — — —
Foreign Languages 8 +14 50% 38% 12% 0% 50% 0% $62,779 67 +0.42 57 90% — — — —
History 65 +9 48% 85% 0% 2% 3% 0% $51,651 31 -0.52 27 94% — — — —
Philosophy 17 +3 82% 71% 0% 0% 12% 0% $39,946 2 -1.62 6 92% — — — —
Women's Studies 2 +2 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $57,250 61 +0.12 42 100% — — — —
Anthropology 50 +3 40% 76% 0% 0% 22% 0% $47,596 8 -0.84 17 94% 10.1% — — —
Communication Studies 124 +3 45% 77% 2% 4% 10% 1% $61,795 54 -0.01 54 97% 6.7% — — —
Geography 6 +1 100% 67% 0% 17% 17% 0% $61,405 52 -0.08 53 — — — — —
Intercultural and International Studies 38 +2 24% 82% 5% 3% 11% 0% $51,156 4 -1.13 26 88% — — — —
Journalism 142 — 36% 75% 1% 4% 15% 1% $59,156 38 -0.35 47 94% 7.4% — — —
Political Science 115 +14 43% 63% 3% 5% 25% 0% $66,416 35 -0.43 64 92% 6.5% — — —
Sociology 149 +19 24% 65% 3% 3% 23% 1% $62,441 78 +0.50 56 97% — — — —
General Education 65 +2 45% 75% 0% 15% 2% 3% $51,995 33 -0.36 28 94% 8.5% — — —
Dance 9 +1 22% 78% 11% 0% 11% 0% $42,344 44 -0.10 9 — — — — —
Interior Architecture 75 — 0% 84% 3% 1% 5% 3% $60,029 15 -0.92 50 100% — — — —
Music 28 +2 36% 89% 4% 0% 4% 4% $47,919 54 +0.13 18 94% — — — —
Studio Art 109 +3 23% 65% 6% 5% 14% 0% $44,404 38 -0.26 12 92% — — — —
Theatre 19 +1 32% 58% 11% 5% 11% 0% $39,725 30 -0.45 6 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Natural Sciences 1,610 38% 72% 4% 1% 14% 2% $70,319 46 -0.14 71 96% 5.7%
Computer Science 276 +4 84% 73% 5% 1% 13% 3% $122,983 57 -0.06 99 98% 3.5% — — —
Data Science 22 — 68% 45% 18% 0% 23% 14% $91,749 17 -0.88 91 — — — — —
Information Science and Technology 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,283 12 -1.02 80 100% — — — —
Chemistry 24 +1 54% 83% 4% 0% 4% 8% $63,051 14 -0.82 57 94% — — — —
Geosciences 25 — 72% 76% 0% 0% 4% 8% $69,569 74 +0.41 70 95% — — — —
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 5 — 40% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $69,569 74 +0.41 70 95% — — — —
Mathematics 28 +3 43% 71% 0% 0% 18% 7% $76,967 48 -0.32 80 87% — — — —
Physics 5 +1 60% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,457 20 -0.66 77 90% — — — —
Statistics 16 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 0% 12% $81,312 12 -0.87 84 — — — — —
Biochemistry 49 +1 37% 61% 8% 0% 22% 2% $68,472 38 -0.27 68 95% — — — —
Biology 192 +1 27% 70% 2% 2% 19% 1% $63,778 37 -0.31 59 94% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 162 +3 22% 70% 8% 2% 9% 1% $63,778 28 -0.52 59 94% — — — —
Environmental Biology 78 +1 42% 85% 4% 0% 8% 0% $58,620 71 +0.25 46 95% — — — —
Microbiology — +1 — — — — — — $72,458 66 +0.29 74 94% — — — —
Neuroscience 42 +1 24% 71% 5% 2% 12% 2% $39,311 4 -2.42 6 97% — — — —
Wildlife Biology 148 +1 35% 78% 2% 0% 11% 0% $47,940 17 -0.74 18 96% — — — —
Zoology 135 +2 20% 72% 4% 0% 19% 1% $47,940 17 -0.74 18 96% — — — —
Psychology 402 +5 21% 72% 2% 1% 16% 2% $59,761 79 +0.71 49 96% 7.2% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 615 76% 73% 3% 1% 12% 5% $97,609 93 -0.30 94 98%
Biomedical Engineering 69 — 51% 77% 3% 1% 12% 1% $85,377 13 -1.14 87 95% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 45 +22 53% 71% 2% 0% 7% 11% $95,320 15 -1.05 93 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering 73 — 73% 71% 3% 1% 16% 4% $88,108 26 -0.60 89 98% — — — —
Computer Engineering 27 +1 89% 52% 4% 7% 11% 15% $136,202 88 +0.90 99 95% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 51 +7 86% 73% 2% 0% 4% 18% $102,989 19 -0.66 96 100% — — — —
Engineering Science — — — — — — — — $94,038 35 -0.34 92 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 38 +2 61% 79% 0% 0% 5% 13% $76,714 12 -1.20 79 97% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 174 +41 87% 75% 5% 0% 8% 2% $99,630 59 +0.05 95 99% — — — —
Construction Management 138 — 82% 74% 1% 1% 22% 0% $103,166 53 +0.24 96 98% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,050
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $37,004
Est. In-State Cost $18,175
Est. Out-of-State Cost $47,868
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 66%
Transfer-Out Rate 16%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 22.9% 1,258 52% 73% 3% 1% 15% 2% $77,076 45 -0.13 80 96% 4.8%
Social Sciences 21.4% 1,173 30% 71% 2% 2% 18% 1% $59,875 55 +0.19 49 95% 7.2%
Agriculture & Food Science 13.4% 736 32% 75% 3% 1% 13% 1% $53,724 20 -0.51 33 95% 5.6%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.5% 523 28% 72% 5% 2% 14% 1% $61,484 22 -0.46 53 94% —
Engineering 8.7% 477 74% 73% 3% 1% 9% 6% $96,002 21 -0.45 93 98% —
Computer Science 5.4% 299 83% 71% 6% 1% 13% 4% $120,532 67 -0.12 99 98% 3.5%
Arts 4.8% 266 19% 73% 5% 3% 10% 2% $50,856 49 -0.41 25 95% —
Health Sciences 4.5% 245 39% 78% 2% 2% 15% 0% $64,187 9 +0.28 60 95% —
Humanities 3.2% 174 44% 77% 1% 2% 11% 1% $49,341 18 -0.62 21 92% —
Professional 2.7% 147 83% 73% 1% 1% 22% 1% $102,739 96 +0.32 96 98% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.9% 103 58% 77% 2% 0% 7% 8% $72,123 32 -0.33 74 92% —
Education 1.7% 91 34% 79% 0% 11% 3% 2% $51,427 34 -0.45 27 95% 8.5%

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $132M #18 51% $2.1M 27 #25 149 55
Life & Natural Sciences $100M #57 69% $7.5M 56 #43 362 68
Physical Sciences & Math $90.0M #40 79% $1.3M 57 #54 419 68
Engineering $60.5M #84 75% $2.6M 52 #70 452 20
Health Sciences $31.8M #91 52% $0.4M 20 #90 22 17
Humanities & Social Sciences $16.2M #125 54% $0.2M 25 #160 143 4
Education $7.6M #67 56% $0 14 #276 — —
Computer Science $6.4M #115 86% $0 7 #115 59 —
Business & Economics $2.6M #140 32% $0.0M 18 #67 68 —
Total $448M #71 65% $14.2M 276 #87 1,674 232

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 125 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Football 108 $21.0M $21.0M $0
Basketball 15 $7.0M $7.0M $0
Golf 8 $856K $856K $0
Total 184 $30.1M $30.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 120 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Soccer 36 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Softball 25 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Swimming & Diving 24 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Volleyball 22 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Basketball 19 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Golf 8 $766K $766K $0
Tennis 8 $766K $766K $0
Total 191 $12.3M $12.3M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 245 $2.7M $2.7M $0
Football 108 $21.0M $21.0M $0
Soccer 36 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Basketball 34 $10.3M $10.3M $0
Softball 25 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Swimming & Diving 24 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Volleyball 22 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Golf 16 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Tennis 8 $766K $766K $0
Total 375 $55.8M $55.8M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 89%
Yield (non-ED) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 89% 89% 89%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional