Easiest Colorado Colleges to Get Into
Colorado has 17 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
6 colleges accept 100% of applicants in Colorado. Examples include Adams State University, Colorado Christian University, Colorado Mountain College and Naropa University.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates in Colorado, or the most selective colleges.
Adams State University
- Public 4 Year
- Alamosa, CO
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- 100% acceptance rate
Adams State is a small public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The campus sits in rural Alamosa in Colorado's San Luis Valley.
- SAT Range 910-1130
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $13,340
Colorado Christian University
- Private 4 Year
- Lakewood, CO
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Colorado Christian is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies, business, and education. The suburban campus sits in Lakewood in the Denver metro area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.84
- Net Price $30,940
Colorado Mountain College
- Public 4 Year
- Glenwood Springs, CO
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- 100% acceptance rate
Colorado Mountain College is a public community college known for undergraduate programs in outdoor recreation, hospitality, and natural resources. Its multi-campus system sits in mountain towns across the Colorado Rockies, including Glenwood Springs.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $7,631
Naropa University
- Private 4 Year
- Boulder, CO
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- 100% acceptance rate
Naropa is a private university known for undergraduate contemplative psychology, writing and poetics, and Buddhist studies. The Boulder campus integrates meditation practice with a liberal arts curriculum.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $27,873
Nazarene Bible College
- Private 4 Year
- Colorado Springs, CO
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- 100% acceptance rate
Nazarene Bible College is a private Bible college known for undergraduate pastoral ministries and biblical studies. The Colorado Springs campus trains students for Christian ministry in the Church of the Nazarene.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Western Colorado University
- Public 4 Year
- Gunnison, CO
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- 100% acceptance rate
Western Colorado is a small public university known for undergraduate outdoor recreation, environmental studies, and exercise science. Gunnison is a high-elevation mountain town in the Colorado Rockies.
- SAT Range 1163-1353
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $17,711
Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Public 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Jul 1 application deadline
MSU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, aviation, and business. Most students commute to the shared Auraria Campus in downtown Denver.
- SAT Range 880-1130
- Avg GPA 3.03
- Net Price $14,584
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
- Public 4 Year
- Colorado Springs, CO
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- 97% acceptance rate
UCCS is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The campus faces the Front Range foothills with views of Pikes Peak.
- SAT Range 1010-1220
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $16,942
Colorado State University Pueblo
- Public 4 Year
- Pueblo, CO
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- 95% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
CSU Pueblo is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and exercise science. Most students study on a campus in the southern Colorado city of Pueblo.
- SAT Range 870-1100
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $13,079
Colorado State University Fort Collins
- Public 4 Year
- Fort Collins, CO
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Jul 1 application deadline
Colorado State is a large public university known for undergraduate natural resources, agriculture, and engineering. The campus sits in the college town of Fort Collins near the Rocky Mountain foothills.
- SAT Range 1080-1290
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $21,011
University of Northern Colorado
- Public 4 Year
- Greeley, CO
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- 86% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Northern Colorado is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and performing arts. The campus is located in Greeley in northern Colorado.
- SAT Range 950-1190
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $19,376
Regis University
- Private 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Regis is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus is in northwest Denver.
- SAT Range 1020-1220
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $21,618
Colorado Mesa University
- Public 4 Year
- Grand Junction, CO
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- 82% acceptance rate
Colorado Mesa is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and outdoor recreation. The Grand Junction campus sits on Colorado's Western Slope near the Colorado National Monument.
- SAT Range 930-1160
- Avg GPA 3.28
- Net Price $15,590
University of Colorado Boulder
- Public 4 Year
- Boulder, CO
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4.0 | 6 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
CU Boulder is a large public university known for undergraduate aerospace engineering, environmental sciences, and physics. The campus sits against the Flatirons in the college town of Boulder.
- SAT Range 1240-1430
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $26,231
University of Denver
- Private 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
University of Denver is a private university known for undergraduate international studies and business. The campus sits in a residential Denver neighborhood near the Rocky Mountains.
- SAT Range 1240-1410
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Net Price $45,451
Fort Lewis College
- Public 4 Year
- Durango, CO
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Fort Lewis is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate adventure education, environmental studies, and Native American studies. The mountain campus is in Durango near the San Juan Mountains.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $17,114
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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3.0 | 5 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $14,831