Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO · private nonprofit
Official site ↗Admissions
| Admit rate | 18.5% |
| Applicants | 8,511 |
| Middle-50% SAT | 1240–1440 |
| Middle-50% ACT | 31–34 |
| Avg GPA | 3.95 |
| Test policy | — |
| Avg net price / yr | $31,678 |
| Grad rate | 86% |
| Median earnings (10 yr) | $65,222 |
| Source | cds · 2024 |
Application requirements
| Early Decision | 2025-11-01 |
| Early Decision II | 2026-01-15 |
| Early Action | 2025-11-01 |
| Regular / Rolling | 2026-01-15 |
| Application fee | $0 (US) · $0 (intl) |
| Personal essay | Required |
| Test policy | never required |
| Teacher recommendations | 2 |
| Mid-year report | Required |
Source: Common App first-year Requirements Grid, 2025-26 cycle. Confirm on the college's site — requirements can change mid-cycle.
Supplemental essays
~300 words each.
- One of the benefits of Colorado College’s Block Plan is the opportunity to immerse yourself fully in a single subject for 3.5 weeks. We see this as the luxury of focus — the joy and value of directing your full attention to one thing. Tell us about a time when you experienced this kind of deep focus in an academic or extracurricular setting. What were you doing and how did it turn out? Optional: If you’d like to share the outcome — a project, performance, paper, or other result — you may upload a document or provide a URL.
Copied verbatim from the school's official admissions page (2025-26 cycle).