The combination of outstanding academic programs, state-of-the-art facilities, and enthusiastic student involvement is why many call CSU home – more than 33,000 students and 7,000 employees in fact.

Colorado State University Rankings Colorado State University is ranked #151 out of 439 National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.

Colorado State University's main campus is located in Fort Collins, a vibrant and diverse community of some 170,000 residents near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River.

It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 26,062 (fall 2022), its setting is city, and the campus size is 4,773 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Colorado State University's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #151.

The most popular majors at Colorado State University include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Engineering; Social Sciences; Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences; Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields; Communication, ...

Here are some fun facts about the Centennial State.

• Denver lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger.
• Colorado is the only state in history to turn down the Olympics.
• The world's first rodeo was held on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail.
• Truly a mile high.
• The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest auto tunnel in North America.

CSU is in the top 8% of all colleges and universities for best professors based on accomplishments, diversity, and pay, based on key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and student reviews, according to Niche in 2022.

The state is known for its large research universities, which host notable engineering and applied sciences degree programs, but many midsize and small schools are also located throughout the state. To unlock full rankings, SAT/ACT scores and more, sign up for the U.S. News College Compass!

Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. Colorado is one of the Mountain States and is often considered to be part of the southwestern United States.

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Colorado is perhaps best known for the Rocky Mountains that stretch across the state and offer up hiking and biking in the summer and skiing and snowboarding in the winter.