Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Colorado
Online colleges in Colorado
Across the 46 Colorado colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 84,398 students (25%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 47% took at least one distance course. 12 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
46
In Colorado
Students studying entirely online
84,398
25% of the 341,412 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
47%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
12
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in Colorado is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Colorado colleges where students actually study online
Every Colorado college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
28,580 of 28,852 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 258 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $12,760 in-state.
5,595 of 8,254 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 443 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $39,266 in-state.
3,517 of 12,388 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,895 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,302 in-state / $16,534 out-of-state.
2,224 of 6,691 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,611 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,401 in-state / $17,242 out-of-state.
2,055 of 7,715 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,487 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,902 in-state / $17,136 out-of-state.
1,399 of 1,888 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 372 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $23,720 in-state.
1,281 of 4,631 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,479 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $43,980 in-state.
1,142 of 4,053 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 594 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $11,083 in-state / $23,683 out-of-state.
913 of 2,950 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 899 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,776 in-state / $21,848 out-of-state.
379 of 1,117 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 154 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $34,600 in-state.
275 of 1,008 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 599 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,234 in-state.
245 of 837 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 237 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,234 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of Colorado can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at Colorado colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/colorado
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