How to Apply
Application Checklist
Application for Admission form
- Submit only one online OR paper application (online preferred)
$50 nonrefundable application processing fee
- You may pay online (e-check, Visa or MasterCard options, with exact billing address and valid
email address) OR by check or money order (payable to Colorado State University;
note applicant's full name).
An official transcript from EACH college/university attended
- College/university transcripts are required regardless of the amount or type of
credit earned.
- Faxed transcripts are not accepted.
- Official transcripts for military educational experience are required.
An official high school transcript and ACT or SAT results
- Your high school transcript is necessary to verify high school graduation.
- Your high school transcript also may be used to determine whether you satisfy course
work requirements (e.g., mathematics) and, in some cases, to determine admissibility.
- Your test scores may be used to determine placement into college composition if
you have not successfully completed the course prior to enrollment.
- Second Bachelor's Candidate's / Postgraduate Applicants are not required to submit
high school transcript or ACT/SAT results.
Personal Essay
- Your essay must be a minimum 250 words, and quality is more important
than quantity.
- Your essay should be focused, honest, and well-written in your own words.
- Topic ideas are listed in the right menu bar on this page, in the printed application
instructions, and within the online application.
Recommendation(s)
- One recommendation is required for full admission and scholarship consideration;
additional recommendations are optional.
- Your recommendation(s) should come from individuals who can speak to your personal
character and potential for academic success at Colorado State University. Feedback
from a teacher or school-based official is preferred.
- You may submit the
Printable Recommendation Form
OR a letter of recommendation OR both.
Send Application Materials To:
Office of Admissions
Colorado State University
1062 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins CO 80523-1062