Colorado State University - Pueblo

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 180,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,340 (97% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 297 (92% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,865
Men / Women 47% / 53%
From State 87%
From Region 4%
Athletes 455 (18.3%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 42%
Hispanic 39%
Black 7%
Mixed 5%
Asian 2%
International 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education, Engineering, and Professional Studies 102 72% 42% 1% 6% 35% 6% $75,519 58 -0.83 85 94%
Engineering 8 — 88% 62% 0% 12% 25% 0% $93,205 32 -0.41 95 100% — — — —
Industrial Engineering 3 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $93,444 5 -1.30 95 — — — — —
Information Systems 48 — 77% 40% 2% 8% 33% 2% $84,037 22 -0.69 90 92% — — — —
Exercise Science 25 +1 68% 48% 0% 4% 24% 20% $53,746 18 -0.94 52 92% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 4 — 0% 25% 0% 0% 75% 0% $47,961 22 -0.64 36 — — — — —
Elementary Education 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $48,067 23 -0.63 36 — — — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education — — — — — — — — $50,010 14 -0.74 42 — — — — —
Automotive Technology 4 — 100% 25% 0% 0% 50% 0% $82,439 21 -0.52 90 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering Technology 9 — 78% 33% 0% 0% 56% 0% $81,104 5 -1.72 89 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Humanities and Social Sciences 174 31% 48% 2% 7% 36% 2% $50,660 1 -0.66 43 92%
Natural Sciences 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 50% $52,354 20 -0.79 48 — — — — —
English 5 — 40% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $42,408 6 -1.22 21 93% — — — —
Foreign Languages 5 +2 20% 20% 0% 0% 60% 20% $47,059 13 -0.98 34 89% — — — —
History 10 — 60% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $46,517 8 -1.02 32 86% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $47,882 11 -0.90 36 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 5 — 40% 60% 0% 0% 40% 0% $45,668 5 -1.12 30 93% — — — —
Liberal Arts and Sciences 7 — 71% 43% 0% 14% 29% 0% $45,668 5 -1.12 30 93% — — — —
Mass Communication 10 — 40% 70% 0% 10% 10% 0% $46,039 4 -1.48 31 96% — — — —
Political Science 4 +1 0% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $62,039 22 -0.75 69 90% — — — —
Psychology 36 +1 22% 44% 6% 8% 36% 3% $50,291 24 -0.72 42 91% — — — —
Social Work 24 — 8% 42% 0% 0% 50% 0% $62,187 97 +1.06 69 94% — — — —
Music 6 — 33% 50% 0% 0% 33% 0% $41,423 28 -0.57 19 100% — — — —
Studio Art 3 — 0% 33% 0% 0% 67% 0% $34,853 6 -1.28 8 88% — — — —
Visual Arts 9 — 11% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $37,246 9 -1.03 11 — — — — —
Criminology 47 +19 40% 34% 4% 13% 43% 0% $53,233 12 -0.92 50 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Science and Mathematics 46 39% 63% 7% 0% 24% 0% $57,856 5 -0.82 61 94%
Chemistry 4 — 0% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,575 22 -0.58 74 — — — — —
Mathematics 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,033 20 -0.73 75 — — — — —
Biology 24 — 38% 42% 12% 0% 42% 0% $61,459 23 -0.58 68 94% — — — —
Natural Resources 15 — 47% 87% 0% 0% 7% 0% $48,399 9 -1.29 37 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences 132 16% 50% 6% 5% 29% 1% $82,816 80 -0.39 90 97% 4.3%
Health Sciences 30 +1 23% 47% 13% 3% 30% 0% $66,341 47 -0.15 76 — — — — —
Nursing 102 — 14% 51% 4% 5% 28% 1% $87,662 36 -0.46 92 97% 4.3% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Hasan School of Business 113 62% 39% 3% 5% 38% 8% $70,723 46 -0.73 80 96%
Accounting 8 — 75% 38% 12% 0% 50% 0% $64,261 5 -1.47 73 95% — — — —
Business Administration 44 +1 73% 34% 2% 7% 41% 14% $61,053 11 -0.86 67 94% — — — —
Business Management 6 — 17% 33% 0% 0% 17% 0% $62,452 15 -0.79 70 — — — — —
Economics 19 — 42% 37% 0% 5% 47% 11% $63,298 3 -1.30 71 96% — — — —
Marketing 15 — 27% 33% 0% 0% 47% 7% $62,458 9 -1.18 70 — — — — —
Construction Management 21 — 90% 57% 5% 10% 19% 0% $108,431 76 +0.71 98 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,212
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,090
Est. In-State Cost $13,210
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,695
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 64%
4-Year Graduation Rate 24%
6-Year Graduation Rate 40%
Transfer-Out Rate 34%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 27.7% 157 24% 50% 5% 4% 28% 4% $78,187 55 -0.47 87 96% 4.3%
Business & Economics 16.2% 92 55% 35% 2% 4% 42% 10% $62,116 7 -1.05 69 94% —
Professional 14.3% 81 60% 40% 4% 10% 38% 0% $72,083 60 -0.57 82 95% —
Social Sciences 13.1% 74 19% 49% 3% 7% 35% 1% $54,210 30 -0.25 53 92% —
Computer Science 8.5% 48 77% 40% 2% 8% 33% 2% $84,037 9 -0.69 90 92% —
Humanities 5.8% 33 48% 61% 0% 3% 30% 3% $45,709 5 -1.07 30 90% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.2% 24 38% 42% 12% 0% 42% 0% $61,459 22 -0.58 68 94% —
Arts 3.2% 18 17% 56% 0% 0% 39% 0% $38,240 4 -0.92 13 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 3.0% 17 53% 82% 0% 0% 6% 6% $48,864 8 -1.23 39 — —
Engineering 1.9% 11 73% 64% 0% 9% 27% 0% $93,270 13 -0.65 95 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 7 29% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,771 14 -0.64 75 — —
Education 0.9% 5 0% 20% 0% 0% 80% 0% $47,982 16 -0.64 36 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $1.4M #290 62% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.2M #355 78% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.1M #230 34% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #508 7% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #416 0% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #433 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0 #622 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.8M #506 58% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 135 $2.4M $2.4M $0
Track & Field (combined) 98 $461K $461K $0
Baseball 45 $573K $573K $0
Soccer 36 $420K $420K $0
Wrestling 23 $380K $380K $0
Basketball 17 $593K $593K $0
Golf 10 $273K $273K $0
Total 302 $5.1M $5.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 53 $434K $434K $0
Soccer 32 $473K $473K $0
Softball 21 $304K $304K $0
Lacrosse 19 $222K $222K $0
Volleyball 19 $561K $561K $0
Basketball 13 $482K $482K $0
Swimming 13 $197K $197K $0
Golf 7 $259K $259K $0
Tennis 7 $84K $84K $0
Total 153 $3.0M $3.0M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 151 $896K $896K $0
Football 135 $2.4M $2.4M $0
Soccer 68 $893K $893K $0
Baseball 45 $573K $573K $0
Basketball 30 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Wrestling 23 $380K $380K $0
Softball 21 $304K $304K $0
Lacrosse 19 $222K $222K $0
Volleyball 19 $561K $561K $0
Golf 17 $532K $532K $0
Swimming 13 $197K $197K $0
Tennis 7 $84K $84K $0
Total 455 $12.5M $12.5M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional