Graduate Programs at Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Graduate School Overview

Colorado State University-Fort Collins is a Public, 4 years school located in Fort Collins, CO.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1925 - Current).

Colorado State University-Fort Collins Directory Information
School Name	Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Address	102 Administration Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0100
Phone	970-491-1101
Web	https://www.colostate.edu
Online Application	https://admissions.colostate.edu/onlineapplication
Financial Info	https://sfs.colostate.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Colorado State University-Fort Collins is $13,584 for Colorado residents and $29,786 for out-of-state students. The school has 7,626 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 33,403 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 261 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 69 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$29,786 $13,584 for Colorado Residents
Student Population	7,626
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	261 graduate programs (69 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Colorado State University-Fort Collins is $13,584 for Colorado residents and $29,786 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $602 for Colorado residents and $1,476 for out-of-state students.

Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Colorado Residents	$13,584
Out-of-State	$29,786
Tuition per Credit Hour
Colorado Residents	$602
Out-of-State	$1,476

Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	69 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Colorado State University-Fort Collins is $13,584 for Colorado residents and $29,786 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.94% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Colorado Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$10,214	$2,281	$25,040	$2,281
2019-2020	$10,520	$2,351	$25,791	$2,351
2020-2021	$10,520	$2,264	$25,791	$2,264
2021-2022	$10,834	$2,479	$26,564	$2,479
2022-2023	$10,834	$2,656	$26,564	$2,656
2023-2024	$11,159	$2,425	$27,361	$2,425

The graduate school tuition & fees of Colorado State University-Fort Collins is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Colorado. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Colorado graduate tuition is $20,995 (public) / $21,987 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	$13,584	$29,786
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Colorado Graduate Schools	$16,425	$20,312
Public	$12,581	$20,995
Private	$21,987

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,343 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Colorado State University-Fort Collins.

On-campus living costs are increased by 12.02% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $17,416. Off-campus living costs are increased by 15.66% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,964	$1,360	$11,547	$1,360
2019-2020	$12,430	$1,404	$11,799	$1,404
2020-2021	$10,787	$1,665	$11,440	$1,665
2021-2022	$13,016	$1,799	$11,844	$1,799
2022-2023	$13,728	$2,647	$12,411	$2,647
2023-2024	$15,606	$2,737	$14,679	$2,737

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $606 for Colorado residents and $1,505 for other students at Colorado State University-Fort Collins. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.96% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Colorado Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$567	$1,391
2019-2020	$584	$1,433
2020-2021	$584	$1,433
2021-2022	$602	$1,476
2022-2023	$602	$1,476
2023-2024	$606	$1,505

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at Colorado State University-Fort Collins.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Colorado State University-Fort Collins
	Colorado Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Veterinary Medicine	$36,434	$2,889	$60,653	$2,889

Graduate Programs at Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers 184 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,571 students have completed their study at Colorado State University-Fort Collins.

Offered Degrees at Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	87	25	1,721
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	51	3	313
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	147
Post Bachelor's Degree	45	31	390
Total	184	59	2,571

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Colorado State University-Fort Collins by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Marketing/Marketing Management program with 38 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 321 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Veterinary Medicine program with 147 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	38	-
Finance	✕	37	-
Data Analytics, General	✕	31	-
Sustainability Studies	✔	26	-
Management Science	✔	25	-

Popular Master's Programs at Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	321	$78,800
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	90	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	82	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	70	$79,200
Engineering	✕	65	$75,000

Popular Doctorate Programs at Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Veterinary Medicine	✕	147	-
Chemistry	✕	32	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	22	-
Systems Engineering	✔	20	-
Civil Engineering	✔	20	-

Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers 184 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,571 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,721 students have earned/completed Master's program.
147 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
390 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	41 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✕	-	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	3	-
Animal Sciences	✕	10	-
Horticultural Science	✕	5	-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	✕	3	-
Range Science and Management	✔	1	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	4	-
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences	✕	15	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (2 completers)	144 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✔	59	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	19	$36,600
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	6	-
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism	✔	53	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	7	-
Architecture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Landscape Architecture	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	29 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	9	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	6	-
Journalism	✕	3	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✔	11	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	126 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	56	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	70	$79,200
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	134 completers	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	21	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	90	-
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	✕	16	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✔	7	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (4 completers)	170 completers	$75,000
Engineering	✕	65	$75,000
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	1	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✔	29	$63,000
Computer Engineering	✔	16	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	29	-
Mechanical Engineering	✔	19	-
Systems Engineering	✔	9	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	5	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	-
Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	8	-
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	✔	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	27 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	18	-
Creative Writing	✕	9	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	189 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	4	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	82	-
Biochemistry	✕	12	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	1	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	3	-
Microbiology	✕	26	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	1	$38,800
Wildlife Biology	✕	19	-
Toxicology	✕	26	-
Biotechnology	✕	4	-
Ecology	✕	8	-
Environmental Biology	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (2 completers)	46 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	7	-
Statistics	✔	1	-
Applied Statistics, General	✔	38	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	56 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✔	17	-
Natural Sciences	✕	17	-
Nutrition Sciences	✔	22	-
Sustainability Studies	✕	-	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	1	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	16	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	9	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	15	-
Chemistry	✕	9	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	11	-
Physics	✕	10	-
Materials Science	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	27 completers	-
Psychology	✕	11	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✔	16	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	66 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	3	-
Social Work	✔	63	$40,800
Social Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	7	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Sociology	✕	6	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (2 completers)	67 completers	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	3	-
Music	✔	34	$34,700
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management	✔	30	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	66 completers	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	7	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	8	-
Environmental Health	✔	2	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	49	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	372 completers	$87,300
Business Administration and Management	✕	321	$78,800
Accounting	✔	32	$57,100
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✔	19	-
History [+]	✕	12 completers	-
History	✕	12	-
	Total	1,721

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	28 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	1	-
Animal Sciences	✕	3	-
Horticultural Science	✕	7	-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	✕	8	-
Range Science and Management	✔	1	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	✕	5	-
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences	✕	3	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	1	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	2	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	10	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	22 completers	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	22	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	74 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	6	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✕	20	-
Computer Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	10	-
Mechanical Engineering	✔	15	-
Systems Engineering	✕	20	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	63 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	11	-
Biochemistry	✕	6	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	4	-
Microbiology	✕	10	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	1	-
Wildlife Biology	✕	2	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	6	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Toxicology	✕	2	-
Ecology	✕	18	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	11	-
Statistics	✕	7	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	2	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	11	-
Chemistry	✕	32	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	3	-
Materials Science	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Psychology	✕	16	-
Human Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Social Work	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	8	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Sociology	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	1	-
Environmental Health	✕	2	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	1	-
	Total	313

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	147 completers	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	147	-
	Total	147

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✔ (4 completers)	28 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✔	8	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✔	3	-
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism	✔	9	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✔	8	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	26 completers	-
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	✔	21	-
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	✔	2	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (2 completers)	17 completers	-
Engineering	✕	2	-
Computer Engineering	✔	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	-	-
Systems Engineering	✔	14	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	32 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✔	6	-
Sustainability Studies	✔	26	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✔	6	-
Business [+]	✔	9 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	9	-
	Total	390

Graduate Student Population at Colorado State University-Fort Collins

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 7,626 students enrolled into Colorado State University-Fort Collins graduate schools where it has total 33,403 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,080 full-time and 4,546 part-time graduate students. By gender, 3,177 male and 4,449 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,626	3,177	4,449
Full-time	3,080	1,100	1,980
Part-tme	4,546	2,077	2,469

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 4,900 White (64.25%), 191 Black/African American (2.50%), 736 Hispanic (9.65%), 246 Asian (3.23%), and 1,553 students with other races. 989 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,626	3,177	4,449
American Indian/Native American	29	10	19
Asian	246	94	152
Black/African American	191	88	103
Hispanic	736	264	472
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	3	6
White	4,900	1,968	2,932
Two More	271	101	170
Un-Known	255	104	151
Non-resident Alien	989	545	444

Colorado State University-Fort Collins offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 2,156 graduate students (28.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 738 graduate students (9.68% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	7,626
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,156
Enrolled Some Online Courses	738
Not in Online Courses	4,732

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Colorado State University-Fort Collins. 1,697 students are aged 20 to 24 (22.25% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.01%), 384 students are aged above 50 (5.04%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Colorado State University-Fort Collins.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,626	3,177	4,449
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	69	26	43
Age 22-24	1,628	547	1,081
Age 25-29	2,486	989	1,497
Age 30-34	1,461	685	776
Age 35-39	769	371	398
Age 40-49	828	373	455
Age 50-64	352	166	186
Over 64	32	20	12

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