Colorado State University-Fort Collins

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Colorado State University-Fort Collins operates as a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 25,538 students of which 28,050 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Colorado State University-Fort Collins is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 88.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,279, with published in-state tuition of $13,373 and a Pell grant recipient share of 21.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 66.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 85.9%. Graduates earn a median of $60,543 ten years after enrolling, compared with $49,748 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 769900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 69.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.