Colorado College acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Colorado College admitted 1,949 of 8,822 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 22.1%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Colorado College counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Colorado College acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 8,822 | 1,949 | 22.1% | 510 | 26.2% |
| 2024-25 | 8,511 | 1,572 | 18.5% | 476 | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 7,532 | 1,509 | 20.0% | 517 | 34.3% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Colorado College
Colorado College waitlist
Colorado College SAT and ACT scores
What Colorado College says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Colorado College rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: None recorded
- Important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities
- 2024-25
- Very important: None recorded
- Important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities
- 2023-24
- Very important: None recorded
- Important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities
Colorado College testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: applicants choose whether to include SAT or ACT scores; the best superscored SAT or best ACT composite is reviewed if submitted.
From Colorado College’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Applied counts exclude non-actionable applications: 11,334 including them in 2024-25, and 10,248 in 2023-24. C7 rates no factor Very Important.
Colorado College acceptance rate questions
- What is the Colorado College acceptance rate?
- Colorado College's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 8,822 first-year applicants and 1,949 admitted, an acceptance rate of 22.1%. It was 18.5% in 2024-25 and 20.0% in 2023-24.
- What is the Colorado College early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 272 of 764 early decision applicants were admitted (35.6%), against 22.1% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Colorado College students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1240 to 1430, and ACT submitters scored 28 to 34. 28.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Colorado College waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Colorado College offered 400 applicants a place on the waitlist; 90 accepted one, and 20 were admitted from it.
- Does Colorado College require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: applicants choose whether to include SAT or ACT scores; the best superscored SAT or best ACT composite is reviewed if submitted.
Applying to Colorado College?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Colorado College says it weighs.
Source: Colorado College Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Colorado College. All official acceptance rates