Our New Undergraduates - Fall 2009

• 18,565 undergraduates applied.
  
• 12,968 undergraduates were admitted.
  
• 5,716 new undergraduates enrolled.
• 21,204 total undergraduates enrolled.
  
• 25,413 total students enrolled.
• More than 1,200 foreign students and scholars currently study and conduct research at Colorado State.
• The middle 50th percentile of the class had a high school GPA of 3.2-3.8, an ACT composite of 22-26, and SAT critical reading and math combined score of 1020-1220.

Our Distinguished University

• Internationally recognized faculty teach and conduct research at our top-ranked university.
• Eighty-one percent of freshmen persist to their sophomore year, with a six-year graduation rate of 65 percent.
• Student pursue more than 150 degree programs in eight 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, and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
• Of 1,450 total faculty, 1020 are tenure-track, and 99% of tenure-track faculty hold terminal degrees.
• The student/faculty ratio is 17:1, and 67 percent of classes have 29 or fewer students.
• 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.
• Colorado State is rated in the top tier of public and private doctoral universities in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of "America's Best Colleges and Universities."
• The Fort Collins campus partners with Colorado State University-Pueblo to benefit the citizens of Colorado, the United States and the world. 
  

Diverse Student Body

• Undergraduates come from all 50 states and more than 80 foreign countries.
• Of current undergraduates, 13.7 percent are African American, Hispanic American, Indian/Native American or Asian America.
• Five states with the largest number of nonresident undergraduate students at Colorado State include Texas, Illinois, California, Minnesota and New Mexico.
• The ratio of undergraduate men to women is approximately 48/52.

Student Life

• Campus housing is guaranteed and required for new freshman.
• More than 5,000 students, primarily freshmen, live in 13 residence halls.
• More than 330 recognized student organizations include honor societies and religious, political, ethnic and social service groups.
• A robust Undergraduate Honors Curriculum Program challenges participants and helps them succeed.
• Six men's and 10 women's sports make up 16 NCAA Division I sports.
  
• About 1,200 students participate in 28 sports clubs.

Location: Fort Collins, Colorado

• Population: 137,000
• Proximity to Denver: 65 miles
• Average sunny days per year: 300
• Average number of music, art and other cultural events throughout the year: 300
  
• A&E Television featured Fort Collins as one of America's ten most livable cities.
• Money magazine has repeatedly ranked Fort Collins one of its "Best Places to Live in America."
• One of Outside magazine's 10 perfect towns in the United States to live in.