Basic Information
Type
Public
Geographical Reach
Regional
Location
Denver, CO
Population
2,400,000
Website
https://www.msudenver.edu/
Weather
Comfortable Days
130 (95% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours
3,107 (91% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation
278 (86%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
9,684
Men / Women
48% / 52%
From State
97%
From Region
1%
Athletes
4.3%
Racial/Ethnic
White
42%
Hispanic
37%
Black
8%
Mixed
6%
Asian
5%
Native American
1%
International
1%
Men in the Entering Class
Men
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan State University of Denver | 2,569 | 43% / 57% | 1% | $60,091 | 63 | 93% | |
| Computer Engineering | 4 — | 100% / 0% | 25% | $93,385 | 95 | — | |
| Environmental Engineering | 12 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $78,130 | 86 | — | |
| Systems Engineering | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $78,523 | 87 | — | |
| Computer Science | 96 +2 | 79% / 21% | 2% | $108,581 | 99 | 98% | |
| Cybersecurity | 71 +1 | 80% / 20% | 1% | $97,775 | 97 | — | |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | 6 +1 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $53,761 | 47 | — | |
| Chemistry | 12 +1 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $60,846 | 64 | 89% | |
| Geosciences | 3 — | 67% / 33% | 0% | $54,013 | 48 | — | |
| Mathematics | 19 +1 | 74% / 26% | 0% | $69,685 | 79 | 96% | |
| Physics | 2 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $67,461 | 76 | — | |
| Statistics | 4 — | 75% / 25% | 0% | $71,731 | 81 | — | |
| Biochemistry | 14 — | 50% / 50% | 7% | $54,420 | 49 | 100% | |
| Biology | 123 +2 | 20% / 80% | 1% | $55,430 | 52 | 93% | |
| Environmental Science | 22 — | 45% / 55% | 5% | $53,871 | 47 | 87% | |
| Nutrition Sciences | 41 +1 | 10% / 90% | 2% | $51,779 | 41 | 92% | |
| Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems | 17 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $29,862 | 3 | 82% | |
| Athletic Training | — — | — | — | $47,349 | 28 | — | |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders | 15 +1 | 13% / 87% | 0% | $47,187 | 27 | 84% | |
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 57 +1 | 60% / 40% | 0% | $50,274 | 36 | 98% | |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences | 6 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $45,670 | 23 | — | |
| Health and Wellness | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Nursing | 83 — | 25% / 75% | 4% | $81,504 | 89 | 97% | |
| Public Health | 8 — | 12% / 88% | 0% | $52,933 | 44 | — | |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | — — | — | — | $50,274 | 36 | 98% | |
| Accounting | 85 +1 | 39% / 61% | 1% | $70,370 | 79 | 94% | |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 3 — | 67% / 33% | 0% | $67,834 | 76 | 96% | |
| Business Management and Administration | 130 — | 55% / 45% | 2% | $67,834 | 76 | 96% | |
| Economics | 16 — | 75% / 25% | 6% | $54,918 | 50 | 91% | |
| Entrepreneurship | 41 — | 49% / 51% | 0% | $64,435 | 71 | 97% | |
| Finance | 55 +1 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $81,412 | 89 | 92% | |
| Health Administration | 30 — | 10% / 90% | 0% | $62,094 | 67 | 93% | |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | 17 — | 18% / 82% | 0% | $62,094 | 67 | 93% | |
| Hospitality Management | 19 +1 | 26% / 74% | 0% | $51,067 | 39 | 93% | |
| Hotel/Motel Administration/Management | 5 — | 20% / 80% | 0% | $51,067 | 39 | 93% | |
| Human Resources Management | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $65,508 | 73 | — | |
| Management Information Systems | 35 — | 80% / 20% | 3% | $86,437 | 92 | 99% | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | 25 +2 | 60% / 40% | 0% | $68,942 | 78 | — | |
| Marketing | 61 — | 49% / 51% | 3% | $63,818 | 70 | 92% | |
| Medical Informatics | 3 — | 33% / 67% | 0% | $61,244 | 65 | — | |
| Meeting and Event Planning | 16 — | 12% / 88% | 0% | $51,067 | 39 | 93% | |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | — — | — | — | $50,820 | 38 | 96% | |
| Restaurant/Food Services Management | — — | — | — | $51,067 | 39 | 93% | |
| Selling Skills and Sales Operations | 7 — | 86% / 14% | 0% | $65,419 | 73 | — | |
| Sports Management | 25 +1 | 72% / 28% | 4% | $50,274 | 36 | 98% | |
| Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations | — — | — | — | $51,157 | 39 | — | |
| African-American Studies | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $50,641 | 38 | 90% | |
| Anthropology | 28 +2 | 21% / 79% | 0% | $40,228 | 11 | 90% | |
| Behavioral Sciences | — — | — | — | $45,879 | 24 | — | |
| Broadcast Journalism | 8 — | 62% / 38% | 0% | $54,603 | 49 | 91% | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $53,081 | 45 | — | |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | 48 — | 6% / 94% | 0% | $43,966 | 19 | 93% | |
| English | 56 — | 27% / 73% | 0% | $43,087 | 17 | 96% | |
| Ethnic Studies | 12 — | 8% / 92% | 0% | $50,641 | 38 | 90% | |
| Foreign Languages | 19 — | 37% / 63% | 0% | $47,789 | 29 | 86% | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | — — | — | — | $63,185 | 69 | 100% | |
| Geography | 8 — | 75% / 25% | 0% | $63,185 | 69 | 100% | |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $50,641 | 38 | 90% | |
| History | 58 +3 | 59% / 41% | 0% | $41,581 | 14 | 88% | |
| Human Services | 39 — | 18% / 82% | 0% | $47,860 | 29 | 86% | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 69 +2 | 42% / 58% | 0% | $44,875 | 21 | 90% | |
| Journalism | 23 +1 | 39% / 61% | 0% | $54,603 | 49 | 91% | |
| Linguistics | 5 — | 40% / 60% | 0% | $47,789 | 29 | 86% | |
| Philosophy | 11 +2 | 73% / 27% | 0% | $45,088 | 21 | — | |
| Political Science | 29 +2 | 52% / 48% | 0% | $55,276 | 51 | 88% | |
| Public Relations and Advertising | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $47,974 | 29 | 93% | |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 7 — | 14% / 86% | 0% | $47,974 | 29 | 93% | |
| Research & Experimental Psychology | 216 +5 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $43,966 | 19 | 93% | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | 43 +1 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $55,174 | 51 | 87% | |
| Social Work | 93 — | 16% / 84% | 0% | $51,959 | 42 | 98% | |
| Sociology | 17 — | 29% / 71% | 0% | $53,813 | 47 | 72% | |
| Technical and Scientific Communication | 2 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $47,974 | 29 | 93% | |
| Early Childhood Education | 22 — | 5% / 95% | 0% | $46,862 | 26 | 100% | |
| Elementary Education | 47 — | 17% / 83% | 0% | $46,862 | 26 | 100% | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 9 — | 89% / 11% | 0% | $45,563 | 23 | 100% | |
| Special Education | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $51,663 | 41 | 96% | |
| Art Education | 7 — | 29% / 71% | 0% | $45,563 | 23 | 100% | |
| Art History | 3 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $42,560 | 16 | 90% | |
| Communications Technology/Technician | 12 — | 75% / 25% | 0% | $50,516 | 37 | — | |
| Dance | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $36,247 | 7 | — | |
| Design and Visual Communications | 18 — | 44% / 56% | 0% | $62,552 | 68 | 87% | |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | 8 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $48,678 | 32 | — | |
| Fine Arts | — — | — | — | $42,560 | 16 | 90% | |
| Fine/Studio Arts | 34 +1 | 32% / 68% | 3% | $42,560 | 16 | 90% | |
| Industrial Design | 28 — | 68% / 32% | 0% | $62,552 | 68 | 87% | |
| Music | 13 — | 46% / 54% | 0% | $36,873 | 7 | 90% | |
| Music Education | 8 — | 25% / 75% | 0% | $45,563 | 23 | 100% | |
| Theater | 16 +1 | 44% / 56% | 0% | $33,853 | 5 | 95% | |
| Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology | 97 — | 77% / 23% | 1% | $66,574 | 75 | 97% | |
| Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians | 16 — | 81% / 19% | 6% | $72,184 | 81 | 97% | |
| Construction Management | 32 — | 81% / 19% | 3% | $75,703 | 85 | — | |
| Criminal Justice | 130 +2 | 22% / 78% | 2% | $52,237 | 42 | 95% | |
| Electrical Engineering Technology | 17 — | 82% / 18% | 12% | $91,724 | 95 | 88% | |
| Fire Services Administration | 16 — | 88% / 12% | 0% | $63,251 | 69 | — | |
| Land Use Planning and Management/Development | — — | — | — | $62,719 | 68 | 89% | |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician | 14 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $86,344 | 92 | — | |
| Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician | 29 — | 90% / 10% | 0% | $87,068 | 92 | 95% |
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$11,687
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$32,643
Est. In-State Cost
$15,118
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$42,227
ROI Percentile
63th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
63%
4-Year Graduation Rate
12%
6-Year Graduation Rate
32%
Transfer-Out Rate
28%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Graduated
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
Men
Women
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
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/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.1% | 798 | 30% / 70% | 0% | $46,968 | 27 | 91% | ||
| Business & Economics | 22.3% | 574 | 50% / 50% | 1% | $67,192 | 75 | 94% | |
| Professional | 13.7% | 351 | 60% / 40% | 2% | $65,900 | 73 | 96% | |
| Health Sciences | 7.3% | 187 | 31% / 69% | 2% | $62,061 | 67 | 95% | |
| Computer Science | 6.5% | 167 | 80% / 20% | 2% | $103,987 | 98 | 98% | |
| Arts | 5.8% | 148 | 46% / 54% | 1% | $48,570 | 31 | 91% | |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 5.3% | 137 | 23% / 77% | 1% | $55,327 | 51 | 94% | |
| Education | 3.2% | 81 | 21% / 79% | 0% | $46,895 | 26 | 100% | |
| Agriculture & Food Science | 2.5% | 63 | 22% / 78% | 3% | $52,510 | 43 | 90% | |
| Physical Sciences & Math | 1.8% | 46 | 57% / 43% | 0% | $64,361 | 71 | 93% | |
| Engineering | 0.7% | 17 | 59% / 41% | 6% | $81,743 | 89 | — |
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
80%
Yield (Unbound)
12%
Regular Decision
Jan 1
Acceptance Rates
| In-State | Out-of-State | International | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Decision | 80% | 80% | 80% |
Acceptance & Yield
Acceptance
Yield
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
22%
SAT Range
880
–
1130
SAT Math Range
430
–
560
SAT RW Range
450
–
570
SAT Composite
25th
75th
SAT Math
25th
75th
SAT Reading & Writing
25th
75th
Submitting a Test Score
Submitted
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.