No Colorado schools cracked the top 100, but the state fared better than last year.
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While four Colorado universities ranked lower on the 2025 list than in 2024, two universities improved their standings and two new schools joined the list. Five of the state's top universities are public schools while three are private, and three of the colleges are located in Denver. The latest edition of the annual list came out on September 4, analyzing universities based primarily on student outcomes like salary, graduation rate and time to pay off education costs. The list, developed with research firm College Pulse, also takes into consideration the learning environment and diversity of universities.ranked highest in the state as the 104th-best college in the country.
The University of Colorado Boulder came next on the general list, ranking 228th-best in the country — eighteen spots higher than its 2024 ranking of 246th. Colorado College jumped seven places, from 339th last year to 332nd this year. Metropolitan State University of Denver placed 423rd after not making the list last year, though last year's list was only the top 400 universities, not the top 500.
The University of Colorado Denver fell from 182nd last year to 232nd this year, going from the state's top-rated school to the third, behind School of Mines and CU Boulder. Three other Colorado universities also slipped in their rankings: the University of Denver , Colorado State University Fort Collins and Colorado Christian University .has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver — and we'd like to keep it that way.
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