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Colorado State University Rankings 2025

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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#75 in USA

#74 in MS in USA

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586 acre campus
Estd. 1870

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CSU Ranking Highlights
CSU University Ranking
CSU US News & World Report Ranking 2025
CSU QS Ranking 2025
CSU THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
CSU ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
CSU Course Ranking
CSU Student Reviews

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Ranking Highlights

Renowned for its academic excellence and diverse campus community, Colorado State University has consistently secured top global university rankings. Offering a wide array of courses across various fields and disciplines for its students, Colorado State University stands out and has an impressive global ranking, and is surely a world-class education place for international students.

Rated A by Shiksha Grading, Colorado State University is also rated B++ for courses, such as MS and BBA. Looking at the Shiksha Grading by Courses, most of the Colorado State University courses are in the range of B++ and C+ grades.

Although there are multiple grading platforms accessible for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading stand out is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.

Moving on, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, Colorado State University ranks #442, which is declining in comparison to its last year’s ranking, i.e., #409 in 2024. Colorado State University also ranks #401 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, Colorado State University witnessed a stable trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #401 in 2023. Additionally, Colorado State University ranks #151 in US News 'National University' category in 2024.

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University Ranking

Overall University Grade

Civil Engineering

Biology

Chemical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Physics

Electrical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Business Economics

Computer Science Engineering

Mathematics

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US News & World Report Ranking 2025

Ranked by	2023	2024	2025
Global Universities	276	311	– / –
National University	151	151	148
Biomedical Engineering PG	79	83	– / –
Chemical Engineering PG	66	62	– / –
Civil Engineering PG	36	37	– / –
Computer Engineering PG	71	71	– / –
Electrical Engineering PG	76	75	– / –
Mechanical Engineering PG	71	86	– / –
UG Business	86	84	77

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QS Ranking 2025

Ranked by	2023	2024	2025
World University	408	409	442
Biological Sciences	251	201	– / –
Engineering and Technology	361	307	– / –
Global MBA	131	141	151
Mathematics	351	351	– / –
Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering	401	451	– / –
Medicine	– / –	401	– / –
Physics and Astronomy	351	351	– / –

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THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025

Ranked by	2023	2024	2025
University	401	401	401
Arts and Humanities	501	501	– / –
Clinical and Health	401	301	– / –
Engineering	301	301	– / –
Life Sciences	151	201	– / –
PG Business and Economics	501	401	– / –
PG Computer Science	601	601	– / –
Psychology	301	301	– / –

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ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024

Ranked by	2022	2023	2024
Universities	201	301	201
Law	– / –	201	– / –
Physics	201	201	– / –
Political Sciences	151	201	– / –
Sociology	76	76	– / –

CSU
Course Ranking

Shiksha has graded Colorado State University streams, such as Business & Management Studies, Engineering, and Humanities & Social Sciences with B++, B++, and B+ grades. The presence of multiple rankings online can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad. Hence, Shiksha Study Abroad has launched Shiksha Grading. With it, students will no longer be required to check multiple ranking organisations to know about the performance of a particular university. Just checking Shiksha rating will suffice.

However, in case students are wondering how well is Colorado State University ranked for its subjects as per other ranking bodies, the institute is popular for its Civil Engineering PG, Chemical Engineering PG, Global MBA, and Biological Sciences courses all over the world. In the US News ranking 2024, Colorado State University stands at #36 for Civil Engineering PG program. Additionally, it is also ranked at #66 for Chemical Engineering PG. Other than these, Computer Engineering PG at #71, and Mechanical Engineering PG at #71 also got ranked by US News 2024. It is recommended to study Civil Engineering PG as it ranks #36 by US News (the best ranked course of this institute under this ranking body). This ranking stood at #40 in 2023.

Read on to learn more about Colorado State University courses and subject rankings in the below article.

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BBA

Ranked by	2023	2024	2025
US News & World Report - UG Business	86	84	77

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LL.M.

Ranked by	2023
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Law	201

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M.A.

Ranked by	2021	2022	2023
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Political Sciences	101	151	201
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Sociology	76	76	76
THE (Times Higher Education) - Arts and Humanities	-	501	501

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Students Ratings & Reviews

3.7/5

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Vibe of Campus

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Liberal
Academically oriented
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Student Views

100% students never faced discrimination in this university

Internships2.7

Part time work4.7

Post study jobs3.7

Quality of faculty4

Student Life4.7

Value for money3.7

Public transportation4

Safety5

Indian Food3

Permanent Immigration2

Anonymous

Master of Computer Information Systems (MCIS) - Batch of 2024

4.4

One of the best underrated Universities in US

Tips: Very good University and has great ranking but the weather is not good sometimes it can be managed by taking a few measures. Best faculty, have great facilities to work and have a great campus life keeping all this aside the fee is a bit expensive but if you can afford it then it is a great option.

Likes (Quality of faculty): Some of the most important topics in the industry will be taught to us by professionals who are highly skilled and knowledgeable in the field. We have on campus and only both have great exposure and all the assignments and exams are straight out of what we learnt in the class.

Dislikes (Permanent Immigration): The role that the university plays in this area is completely empty. You alone are responsible for it. If you are doing a Ph.D. then the university will process your green card, but for Masters or UG, you should be the one to get those through your employers.

Reviewed on 26 Mar 2024Read more

Anonymous

Master of Engineering (ME) - Computer Engineering Specialization - Batch of 2024

Choose the right university and course that aligns with your academics and career goal.

Tips: Before joining this college students should perform proper research on the course or the specialisation they want to take and what opportunities it will open for them. If you think it does not align properly with the industry requirements needed to get a job, go for a better university. This should be the main focus when selecting a university. Other priorities are safety and good community. I could not secure any scholarships, although I have heard it is easy to get TA and RA positions under professors, so try to opt for it.

Reviewed on 5 Jul 2024Read more

Anonymous

M.S. in Computer Engineering - Batch of 2025

3.8

Safe, inclusive environment, beautiful campus, amazing research activities.

Tips: The first semester was really hard due to several factors. The education system is very much different here, so adapting to the new system takes time. The climate is also different here. However, the university staff and locals in Fort Collins city are very welcoming and helpful. When it comes to academics, submission of the academics within the deadline without engaging in any plagiarism practices is very important. There may be multiple hard assignments in the same week to complete if 2-3 core courses are chosen simultaneously. Therefore, discussing with the academic advisor or other students who have completed at least a semester prior to finalizing the courses is important. There are many scholarship and assistantship opportunities available in the university, which should be applied beforehand and maintaining good communication with professors helps in getting graduate assistantship roles.

Likes (Part time work): There are plenty of options for part time opportunities in the campus, starting from an average pay of $13.5 per hour. International students in F1 category are allowed to work up to 20 hours per week on campus. For part-time work off-campus, a special paper is required, which may vary in different universities. Managing part-time work along with the studies is a bit difficult during the first two semesters. It depends on the nature of the coursework chosen. However, most of the international students are managing part-time work and academics pretty well, so it shouldn't be that hard.

Dislikes (Permanent Immigration): As of now the wait time for permanent immigration for Indians under the H1B category is 15-20 years, which is expected to increase further in the future. The visa renewal and extension procedures are time-consuming and have a lot of uncertain dynamics associated with them. Getting an H1B visa itself, in the first place, is a huge challenge. In short, each stage of visa procedures is painful and extremely uncertain.

Reviewed on 15 Mar 2024Read more

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Is Colorado State University good for an MBA?

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Colorado State University ranks high for the MBA courses. In 2024, the Financial Times recognised CSU's College of Business as one of the five schools worldwide leading the way for responsible business education. As per 2024 Corporate Knights, CSU ranks at #1 in the Better World MBA Large Schools an

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How are CSU athletics?

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CSU sponsors 16 NCAA Division I varsity programs in the Mountain West Conference. Also, there are a number of sport clubs at the university. These sports clubs are student-managed teams that train together, travel, and compete on a national level. A few of the sport clubs are Climbing, Golf, Hockey,

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Akanksha Malhotra

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Is Colorado State University a Tier 1 University?

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Colorado State University is one of the top public Tier 1 Research Universities in the U.S. The university is recognised among doctoral universities with very high research activity, commonly referred to as R1 by Carnegie. A few of the other rankings of this university are given as follows:

CSU is li

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Gunjan Thapa

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What is Colorado State University placement rate?

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According to the First Destination Report 2022-23, the CSU placement rate for UG students is 90%, whereas, for graduate students, the employment rate is 97%. On the other hand, 85% of graduates have secured plans within 6 months of graduation. The average salary of international students is given a

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Anya Aggarwal

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Who are the top recruiters of CSU graduates?

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A few of the top employers of CSU graduates for 2023-24 are given below:

UG: Amazon, Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, Target, UCHealth, Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab & Company
PG: Deloitte, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lockheed Martin, US Department of Agriculture, USDA Forest Service, JBS & Pilgrim's

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