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Colorado State University Global

Denver, Colorado · Large city

#3 for grad earnings in Colorado

98.4%
Admit rate: $16,510
Avg net price: —
Graduation rate: $76,813
Median earnings

Colorado State University Global is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Denver, Colorado (large city setting), enrolling 6,563 undergraduates. Programs are offered entirely online.

PublicMidsize · 6,563 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 98% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Denver, Colorado

Denver is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. By the terms of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the United States and various tribes including the Cheyenne and Arapaho, the United States unilaterally defined and recognized Cheyenne and Arapaho territory as ranging from the North Platte River in present-day Wyoming and Nebraska southward to the Arkansas River in present-day Colorado and Kansas. Apollo Hall opened soon after the city's founding in 1859 and staged many plays for eager settlers. In the 1880s Horace Tabor built Denver's first opera house. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Graduate
Nearest big city: Denver, CO
To the ocean: 745 miles

How Colorado State University Global compares

Selectivity98.4%

More selective than 7% · #13 most selective of 17 in Colorado

First-year retention74%

Higher than 43%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$76,813

Higher than 89% · #3 of 22 in Colorado

Average net price$16,510

Cheaper than 66% · #7 cheapest of 20 in Colorado

Median debt at graduation$25,000

Lower than 34%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 5%

Undergraduate enrollment6,563

Larger than 82%

Percentiles compare Colorado State University Global with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Colorado.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

Undergraduate6,56368%
Graduate3,10032%

Undergraduates by gender

Women4,05162%
Men2,51238%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White50%
Black12%
Hispanic20%
Asian4.3%
Other or multiracial14%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 6,563
Graduate enrollment: 3,100
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 27%
First-generation students: 45%
Students over 25: 84%
Median family income: $38,728
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $52,677

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 299 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Colorado32%
Other U.S. states68%
International0.7%

A national draw — only 32% of first-years come from Colorado; 68% arrive from other states.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate: 98.4%
Test scores: Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Cost

In-state tuition: $9,000
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $566
Total cost of attendance: $21,201
Average net price: $16,510

Outcomes

Graduated: —
First-year retention: 74%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $65,131
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $76,813
Median debt at graduation: $25,000
Students with federal loans: 34%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 48%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

Low-income (Pell)

43%

First-generation

45%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $25

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$16,510

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $76,813
Typical debt at graduation: $25,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 33%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 3.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$65,432

Men

$91,864

Men out-earn women by $26,432 (40%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 91°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 15.8″
Annual snow: 40.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Denver Water Dept, CO US station (1.5 mi from campus).

What Colorado State University Global graduates study — and earn

Business Administration, Management and Operations

403 grads$70k 1 yr$88k 5 yr$34k debt

403$69,863$88,068$33,530 Computer and Information Sciences, General

401 grads$68k 1 yr$99k 5 yr$32k debt

401$68,010$98,895$32,078 Human Resources Management and Services

252 grads$62k 1 yr$81k 5 yr$33k debt

252$61,802$81,083$33,343 Accounting and Related Services

189 grads$62k 1 yr$74k 5 yr$34k debt

189$61,648$74,281$34,167 Health and Medical Administrative Services

129 grads$56k 1 yr$71k 5 yr$42k debt

129$56,094$70,587$42,107 Marketing

115 grads$56k 1 yr$71k 5 yr$30k debt

115$55,814$71,201$29,956 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCert.

92 grads$62k 1 yr— 5 yr$27k debt

92$61,737—$27,125 Human Services, General

82 grads$43k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$44k debt

82$43,336$44,167$44,111 Criminal Justice and Corrections

68 grads$62k 1 yr$67k 5 yr$38k debt

68$61,786$66,885$38,276 Finance and Financial Management Services

43 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

43———Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

35 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$13k debt

35——$13,390 Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.