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How strong are the academics at Colorado College?

Let's cover class sizes, graduation rates, and outcomes.

9:1
Student to faculty ratio
16
Average class size
77%
4-year grad rate

Class Sizes

Class sizes likely stayed the same for you through high school. You'll find that college is much different. Some of the largest universities have classes that can seat hundreds of students in giant lecture halls. Conversely, as they progress and their focus narrows, higher-level courses can sometimes have just a handful of students.

Colorado College has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Class Sizes
2-9
117
10-19
235
20-29
149
30-39
8

Outcomes

It’s critical to understand a school’s outcomes to understand if your four (or more) years at the school will be worth it. Here are some key statistics about the outcomes of students who enroll at Colorado College:

95%
First-year retention rate
77%
4-year grad rate
86%
6-year grad rate

Majors

Many students choose a school largely based on the what they want to study. The are Colorado College's most popular majors, ranked by how many people graduated with the concentration in the most recent year:

Political Science and Government, General
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Economics, General
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
26.2
29.56
32.92
36.28
39.64
43

The Full List

Major Graduates
Area
  • Women's Studies 4
  • Regional Studies (U.S., Canadian, Foreign) 3
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies 2
  • Ethnic Studies 2
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 1
  • Russian Studies 0
  • Asian Studies/Civilization 0
  • French Studies 0
  • Italian Studies 0
Biological And Biomedical Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 43
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 26
  • Neuroscience 23
  • Biochemistry 11
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
  • Computer and Information Sciences, Other 26
Education
  • Education, General 6
English Language And Literature/Letters
  • Creative Writing 13
  • English Language and Literature, General 10
Foreign Languages
  • Spanish Language and Literature 4
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 1
  • Comparative Literature 1
  • German Language and Literature 1
  • French Language and Literature 1
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1
  • Italian Language and Literature 0
History
  • History, General 14
Liberal Arts And Sciences
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 9
Mathematics And Statistics
  • Mathematics, General 11
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 1
  • Museology/Museum Studies 0
Natural Resources And Conservation
  • Environmental Science 31
  • Environmental Studies 29
Philosophy And Religious Studies
  • Philosophy 11
  • Religion/Religious Studies 1
Physical Sciences
  • Physics, General 11
  • Geology/Earth Science, General 11
  • Chemistry, General 6
Psychology
  • Psychology, General 21
Social Sciences
  • Political Science and Government, General 43
  • Economics, General 34
  • Sociology, General 28
  • Economics, Other 21
  • International Economics 14
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 13
  • Anthropology, General 6
  • Social Sciences, Other 3
Visual And Performing Arts
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies 19
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General 12
  • Music, General 11
  • Art/Art Studies, General 5
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 2
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation 1
  • Dance, General 1

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