Colorado Colleges and Scholarships

Matching Colorado Colleges

University of Colorado Boulder

Four or more years; Public; $36,554 average out-state tuition; $10,806 average in-state tuition

Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Four or more years; Public; $28,991 average out-state tuition; $9,709 average in-state tuition

University of Denver

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $53,640 average out-state tuition; $53,640 average in-state tuition

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Four or more years; Public; $25,152 average out-state tuition; $8,160 average in-state tuition

University of Northern Colorado

Four or more years; Public; $21,246 average out-state tuition; $8,127 average in-state tuition

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Four or more years; Public; $20,566 average out-state tuition; $9,338 average in-state tuition

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Four or more years; Public; $25,761 average out-state tuition; $8,280 average in-state tuition

Colorado College Scholarships

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Colorado National Guard Tuition Assistance Program

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

Up to $5,000 Varies See Details
 

Colorado National Guard Tuition Assistance Program

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

award

Up to $5,000

deadline

Varies
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Peters Foundation Scholarship

Herman and Katherine Peters Foundation

Up to $5,000 April 01, 2024 See Details
 

Peters Foundation Scholarship

Herman and Katherine Peters Foundation

award

Up to $5,000

deadline

April 01, 2024
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Thomas M. Stetson Scholarship

American Ground Water Trust

$2,000 June 30, 2024 See Details
 

Thomas M. Stetson Scholarship

American Ground Water Trust

award

$2,000

deadline

June 30, 2024
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Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Building the Future Scholarship

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority

Up to $5,000 Varies See Details
 

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Building the Future Scholarship

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority

award

Up to $5,000

deadline

Varies
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Intel PhD Fellowship Program

Intel Foundation

Varies Varies See Details
 

Intel PhD Fellowship Program

Intel Foundation

award

Varies

deadline

Varies
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Dependents Tuition Assistance Program

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

Varies Varies See Details
 

Dependents Tuition Assistance Program

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

award

Varies

deadline

Varies
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Colorado Proud Scholarship - PHEF

Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation

Varies April 15, 2024 See Details
 

Colorado Proud Scholarship - PHEF

Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation

award

Varies

deadline

April 15, 2024
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Arkansas Health Education Grant Program

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

Varies July 01, 2024 See Details
 

Arkansas Health Education Grant Program

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

award

Varies

deadline

July 01, 2024
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About

Colorado (/ˌkɒləˈrædoʊ, -ˈrɑːdoʊ/ (listen), other variants) is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th largest geographically and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,607,154 on July 1, 2017, an increase of 11.49% since the 2010 United States Census.

The state was named for the Colorado River, which early Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state. Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it became a state one century after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Colorado is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and touches Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners. Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers and desert lands. Colorado is part of the western and southwestern United States, and is one of the Mountain States.

Denver is the capital and most populous city of Colorado. Residents of the state are known as Coloradans, although the antiquated term "Coloradoan" is occasionally used.

Unlike its neighbors to the north, west and east, Colorado has been recognized as a strongly socially liberal state. Same-sex marriage in Colorado has been legal since 2014, and it was the first state in the U.S. to legalize recreational cannabis, and one of the first jurisdictions on Earth to do so by popular referendum. The state is known for its progressive views on abortion and assisted suicide; Coloradans rejected a 2008 referendum that would have criminalized abortion, and approved a measure in 2016 that legalized assisted suicide in the state, and remains one of six states (along with the District of Columbia) to have legalized assisted suicide. In 2018, Colorado became the first state in the United States to elect an openly gay governor, Jared Polis, in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

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