18.7% / 30.6%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications8,822
Overall admit rate22.1%
In-state admit rate18.7%
Out-of-state admit rate30.6%
Enrolled510 · 26.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist20 of 400
Important factorsGPA, Application essay, Extracurriculars, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#30
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#3026
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#4026
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#4526
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#13826
NicheBest Colleges in America#17426
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#37026
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceSouthern Collegiate Athletic Conference3
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingColorado colleges6
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
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no application-fee data
Regular decision1/15 → 3/12 → 5/1
Early decision11/1 → 12/1 · binding
Early decision 21/15
Early action11/1 → 1/8
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyNot required for admission, but considered if submitted
HS units required4 Eng
Admissions URLhttps://www.coloradocollege.edu/admissio…
Admissions emailadmission@coloradocollege.edu
Admissions phone719-389-6344
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Whitman College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Whitman College WA · Private (nonprofit)40.2%—1K
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
University of Denver CO · Private (nonprofit)85.4%12805K
Occidental College CA · Private (nonprofit)44.2%14401K
University of Puget Sound WA · Private (nonprofit)72.4%12901K
Lewis & Clark College OR · Private (nonprofit)71.2%—1K
University of Colorado Boulder CO · Public75.9%130033K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.