Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 2,014 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 18%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $27,951per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 87%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $70,91410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Colorado College uses the Block Plan, where students and professors take and teach only one class at a time.
Under the Colorado Pledge, Colorado families with an adjusted gross income under $60,000 pay no parental contribution for tuition, room, and board.
Source: CC Launches Pledge to Increase Affordability - Colorado College
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 18%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1230–1460Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 29–33Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Colorado College's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
68% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.93. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 22%1,949 admitted of 8,822 first-year applicants
- Early decision admit rate
- 36%272 admitted of 764. Early decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
- Off the wait list
- 22%20 admitted of 90 who stayed on the wait list (400 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1240–143028% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 28–3412% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 58%86% were in the top quarter. Based on the 23% whose school ranks.
Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students who knew this was their first choice, so a higher early rate doesn't mean applying early raises any one student's odds by that much.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
Considered
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Interview
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Colorado College Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $27,951full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $90,929sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $73,566Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 87%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $70,91410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,014Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 16%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 18%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Wheaton College Wheaton, IL — admits 87%
- Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA — admits 36%
- Connecticut College New London, CT — admits 37%
- Rhodes College Memphis, TN — admits 50%
Also worth a look
- Bates College Lewiston, ME — admits 13%
- Carleton College Northfield, MN — admits 20%
- Macalester College Saint Paul, MN — admits 29%
- Hamilton College Clinton, NY — admits 14%
- Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA — admits 14%
- Smith College Northampton, MA — admits 21%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Colorado College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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