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Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Basic Information

Type Public
Population 400,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 25,148
Men / Women 45% / 55%
White 66%
Hispanic 15%
Asian 4%
Mixed 4%
Black 3%
International 2%
Native American 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 27%
Business & Economics 25%
Humanities & Social Sciences 24%
Engineering, Computing & Math 15%
Arts 5%
Professional 3%
Education 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,373
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $34,783
Est. In-State Cost $17,299
Est. Out-of-State Cost $44,995
10-Year ROI $183,000
ROI Percentile 74th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 67%
Transfer-Out Rate 16%

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 3,107 (91th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 278 (86th pctl)
Muggyness Very Dry

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 82%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $352M #58
Engineering, Computing & Math $70M #90
Humanities & Social Sciences $13M #116
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 81 #72
Life & Natural Sciences 286 #108
Humanities & Social Sciences 62 #234

Honors College

Name University Honors Program
Students 1,800 (7%)

Standardized Tests — Test Blind

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Agricultural Sciences 409 38% / 62% 1% $55,341
Animal Sciences 80 16% / 84% 2% $55,501
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations 19 63% / 37% 0% $57,613
Brewing Science 10 +1 90% / 10% 0%
Environmental Science 17 +1 53% / 47% 0% $47,550
Equestrian/Equine Studies 46 +4 2% / 98% 0% $46,743
Forest Sciences
Forestry 28 +2 71% / 29% 0% $53,342
Horticultural Science 52 +1 44% / 56% 0%
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 7 43% / 57% 14%
Soil Science 13 +1 54% / 46% 0% $55,109
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 31 +2 61% / 39% 0% $61,776
Agricultural Economics 12 +3 50% / 50% 0% $61,776
Restaurant/Food Services Management 40 22% / 78% 0% $52,634
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy 31 +2 45% / 55% 0% $60,667
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management 2 100% / 0% 0% $60,667
Agricultural Teacher Education 3 +4 0% / 100% 0%
Landscape Architecture 18 56% / 44% 0% $65,720
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Business 735 63% / 37% 2% $99,978
Business Administration 735 +4 63% / 37% 2% $99,978
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Health and Human Sciences 683 23% / 77% 1% $55,053
Environmental Health 8 38% / 62% 0% $82,069
Exercise Science 198 +1 37% / 63% 0% $54,519
Nutrition Sciences 33 18% / 82% 9%
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management 81 +1 26% / 74% 1% $54,732
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 206 +1 6% / 94% 0%
Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management 53 +1 40% / 60% 0% $51,806
Family and Consumer Sciences 7 +1 14% / 86% 0% $49,259
Social Work 69 +1 19% / 81% 0% $56,097
Early Childhood Education 23 4% / 96% 0% $48,305
Fire Services Administration 5 100% / 0% 20% $97,364
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Liberal Arts 1,111 39% / 61% 2% $54,322
Natural Sciences 6 0% / 100% 0%
Economics 76 +12 70% / 30% 7% $68,989
Anthropology 51 +3 31% / 69% 0% $51,593
Communication Studies 124 +1 53% / 47% 2% $58,116
English 75 +2 33% / 67% 4% $44,418
Ethnic Studies 6 +3 17% / 83% 0%
Foreign Languages 12 +22 42% / 58% 0% $59,874
Geography 8 +1 62% / 38% 0%
History 75 +14 60% / 40% 0% $51,946
Intercultural and International Studies 28 +10 43% / 57% 0% $52,397
Journalism 116 +5 33% / 67% 3% $54,819
Philosophy 16 +2 62% / 38% 0%
Political Science 111 +13 49% / 51% 1% $60,884
Sociology 125 +17 31% / 69% 0% $56,120
Women's Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0%
General Education 61 +2 26% / 74% 2% $48,743
Dance 5 +1 0% / 100% 0%
Interior Architecture 50 12% / 88% 2%
Music 30 47% / 53% 0% $51,865
Studio Art 111 +5 22% / 78% 1% $44,106
Theatre 24 +3 33% / 67% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Natural Sciences 1,463 39% / 61% 3% $67,787
Computer Science 215 +4 76% / 24% 4% $120,294
Data Science 16 69% / 31% 19%
Information Science/Studies 3 67% / 33% 0% $107,083
Mathematics 40 +7 60% / 40% 5% $73,451
Physics 11 82% / 18% 9%
Statistics 17 +2 65% / 35% 12%
Biochemistry 33 +1 48% / 52% 3% $62,120
Biology 200 +6 32% / 68% 2% $58,319
Biomedical Sciences 161 +1 25% / 75% 2% $58,319
Chemistry 30 +1 37% / 63% 10% $93,184
Environmental Biology 92 47% / 53% 1% $52,454
Geosciences 27 63% / 37% 4% $74,863
Microbiology 5 20% / 80% 0% $68,999
Neuroscience 50 +1 30% / 70% 0%
Wildlife Biology 106 +2 53% / 47% 1% $58,426
Zoology 128 +3 14% / 86% 3% $58,426
Psychology 329 +5 21% / 79% 1% $51,417
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 591 78% / 22% 6% $94,265
Biomedical Engineering 40 52% / 48% 2% $97,062
Chemical Engineering 57 +8 63% / 37% 5% $96,306
Civil Engineering 66 71% / 29% 6% $91,871
Computer Engineering 22 +1 95% / 5% 5% $111,187
Electrical Engineering 47 +3 89% / 11% 28% $106,920
Engineering Science 1 0% / 100% 0%
Environmental Engineering 42 45% / 55% 12% $77,130
Mechanical Engineering 174 +29 87% / 13% 4% $88,205
Construction Management 142 +2 87% / 13% 1% $99,456