Colorado

Where Colorado's high school graduates go to college

76,407
Total Freshmen
1388
Destination Colleges
73%
Stay In-State
89%
Go to 4-Year

Enrollment by Sector

Trends Over Time

Top Destination Colleges

Where Colorado's high school graduates enroll as freshmen

# College State Freshmen Share
1 University of Colorado Boulder in-state Colorado 6,913 9.0%
2 Colorado State University-Fort Coll in-state Colorado 6,260 8.2%
3 Front Range Community College in-state Colorado 4,061 5.3%
4 Metropolitan State University of De in-state Colorado 3,955 5.2%
5 Colorado Mesa University in-state Colorado 3,137 4.1%
6 Pikes Peak State College in-state Colorado 2,782 3.6%
7 University of Colorado Denver/Ansch in-state Colorado 2,323 3.0%
8 University of Northern Colorado in-state Colorado 2,314 3.0%
9 Emily Griffith Technical College in-state Colorado 2,168 2.8%
10 University of Colorado Colorado Spr in-state Colorado 2,168 2.8%
11 Arapahoe Community College in-state Colorado 1,825 2.4%
12 Community College of Denver in-state Colorado 1,700 2.2%
13 Red Rocks Community College in-state Colorado 1,376 1.8%
14 Aims Community College in-state Colorado 1,235 1.6%
15 Colorado School of Mines in-state Colorado 1,216 1.6%
16 Community College of Aurora in-state Colorado 980 1.3%
17 Grand Canyon University Arizona 914 1.2%
18 Colorado State University Pueblo in-state Colorado 904 1.2%
19 Pueblo Community College in-state Colorado 824 1.1%
20 University of Denver in-state Colorado 779 1.0%
21 Regis University in-state Colorado 618 0.8%
22 Western Colorado University in-state Colorado 598 0.8%
23 University of Wyoming Wyoming 590 0.8%
24 Fort Lewis College in-state Colorado 581 0.8%
25 Montana State University Montana 562 0.7%
26 Northeastern Junior College in-state Colorado 497 0.7%
27 Colorado Mountain College in-state Colorado 477 0.6%
28 Lincoln College of Technology-Denve in-state Colorado 468 0.6%
29 Northern Arizona University Arizona 410 0.5%
30 Adams State University in-state Colorado 410 0.5%
31 Arizona State University Campus Imm Arizona 397 0.5%
32 Pickens Technical College in-state Colorado 387 0.5%
33 Trinidad State College in-state Colorado 371 0.5%
34 University of Arizona Arizona 364 0.5%
35 Colorado Christian University in-state Colorado 360 0.5%
36 Brigham Young University Utah 344 0.5%
37 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 337 0.4%
38 IBMC College in-state Colorado 323 0.4%
39 California Polytechnic State Univer California 302 0.4%
40 University of Kansas Kansas 301 0.4%
41 Morgan Community College in-state Colorado 289 0.4%
42 Otero College in-state Colorado 276 0.4%
43 Colorado College in-state Colorado 256 0.3%
44 Baylor University Texas 228 0.3%
45 Lamar Community College in-state Colorado 222 0.3%
46 Colorado Technical University-Color in-state Colorado 205 0.3%
47 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 192 0.3%
48 University of Oregon Oregon 178 0.2%
49 Creighton University Nebraska 178 0.2%
50 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 174 0.2%