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Quick Facts

Our New Undergraduates - Fall 2007

  • 15,538 undergraduates applied
  • 12,098 undergraduates admitted
  • 5,809 new undergraduates enrolled
  • 20,765 total undergraduates enrolled
  • 24,983 total students enrolled
  • Over 1,300 foreign students and scholars chose to study and conduct research at Colorado State.
  • Middle 50th percentile of the class had a High School GPA of 3.2-3.8; an ACT Composite of 22-26; SAT Critical Reading and Math Combined of 1020-1220.

Our Distinguished University

  • Internationally recognized faculty and a top-ranked University
  • Freshman to sophomore retention rate of 81% and a six-year graduation rate of 65% 
  • Over 150 degree programs of study in 8 Colleges: College of Agricultural Sciences, College of Applied Human Sciences, College of Business, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts, Warner College of Natural Resources, College of Natural Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  • Faculty: 1,400 (950 tenure-track, 99% of tenure-track faculty hold terminal degrees)   
  • Student/Faculty Ratio: 18:1 (Percent of classes with 29 or fewer students: 67%)
  • Morgan Library has 300,000 square feet of research and study space with 300 computer terminals on site and 200 laptops available for checkout. The library contains more than 2 million printed volumes, over 31,000 serials, 24,000 full-text electronic journals and 200 online research databases. The library also provides a 24/7 live web chat to assist with research needs.
  • Ranked in the Top Tier of public and private doctoral universities in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of America's Best Colleges and Universities.
  • For more than 30 years, partnered with Colorado State University-Pueblo to benefit the citizens of Colorado, the United States, and world.

Diverse Student Body

  • Undergraduates from all 50 states and over 50 foreign countries
  • 12.7% of undergraduates are African American, Hispanic American, Indian/Native American, or Asian American
  • Five states with the largest number of nonresident undergraduate students at Colorado State include Texas, Illinois, California, Arizona, and Minnesota             
  • Ratio of undergraduate men to women approximately 50/50

Student Life

  • Campus housing is guaranteed and required for new freshman
  • Approximately 5,000 students, primarily freshman, live in 10 residence halls
  • Over 300 recognized student organizations, include honor societies and religious, political, ethnic and social service groups
  • 16 NCAA Division I Sports (6 men’s sports; 10 women’s sports)
  • Undergraduate Honors Curriculum Program
  • Over 1,000 students participate in one of the 27 Club Sports

Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

  • Population: 134,000
  • Sixty-five miles north of Denver
  • Average sunny days per year: 300
  • A&E Television featured Fort Collins as one of America's ten most livable cities.
  • Money Magazine ranked Fort Collins first in "Best Places to Live" in the western U.S. among small cities.
  • One of Outside Magazine's ten perfect towns in the United States to live in.



 

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1063 USA
Phone: (970) 491-6909