University of Colorado Boulder's admit rate has held within a 8.3-point band over 5 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 75.9% | 7,432 | 74.0% | 90.0% | 1,300 |
| 2023-2024 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 79.1% | 7,106 | 75.0% | 88.0% | 1,280 |
| 2021-2022 | 79.6% | 6,784 | 74.0% | 87.0% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 84.2% | 6,326 | 72.0% | 85.0% | — |
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Admit rate has tightened 8.3 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
University of Colorado Boulder's admit rate fell from 84.2% (2020-2021) to 75.9% (2024-2025) — a 8.3 pp drop. Year-over-year: 84.2 → 79.6 → 79.1 → 75.9. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 18 percentage points.
University of Colorado Boulder's 74.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 17.7 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
University of Colorado Boulder's 75.9% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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