Colorado State University-Fort Collins vs University of Connecticut

Fort Collins, CO · Storrs, CT · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair CO:CT

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-GAP · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-ACCEPT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CO × CT
  • ACCEPT-GAP Admission gap
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Colorado State University-Fort Collins: enrollment grew +11.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +268 students/yr fitted, r² 0.82.
  • University of Connecticut: enrollment ranged 17,684–19,147 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Colorado State University-Fort Collins: acceptance rate eased +15.7% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.80).
  • University of Connecticut: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.18).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Colorado State University-Fort Collins vs University of Connecticut

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE University of Connecticut leads on acceptance rate (52.4% vs 88.5% at Colorado State University-Fort Collins)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Colorado State University-Fort Collins leads on in-state tuition ($13,373 vs $21,044 at University of Connecticut)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 University of Connecticut leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($63,322 vs $49,748 at Colorado State University-Fort Collins)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Colorado State University-Fort Collins and University of Connecticut?
University of Connecticut leads on acceptance rate at 52.4% versus 88.5% at Colorado State University-Fort Collins. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Colorado State University-Fort Collins and University of Connecticut?
Colorado State University-Fort Collins leads on in-state tuition at $13,373 versus $21,044 at University of Connecticut. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Colorado State University-Fort Collins and University of Connecticut?
University of Connecticut leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $63,322 versus $49,748 at Colorado State University-Fort Collins. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); acceptance rate focus for this pair · 2025