| School | City | Students | Highest
Degree | Tenure System | | Accounting & Business School of the Rockies | Greenwood Village, Northglenn | | | |
| Adams State College | Alamosa | 2,830 | Masters | yes |
| Aims Community College | Greeley | 4,588 | Associates | |
| Arapahoe Community College | Littleton | 6,538 | Associates | yes |
| Argosy University | Denver | | | |
| Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology | Denver | 644 | Associates | |
| Cambridge College | Aurora | | | |
| CollegeAmerica | Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins | | | |
| Colorado Christian University | Lakewood | 2,151 | Masters | |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs | 2,075 | Masters | yes |
| Colorado Mountain College | Glenwood Springs | 5,206 | Associates | |
| Colorado Northwestern Community College | Rangely | 1,430 | Associates | |
| Colorado School of Healing Arts | Lakewood | 241 | Associates | |
| Colorado School of Mines | Golden | 4,560 | Doctoral | yes |
| Colorado School of Trades | Lakewood | 147 | Associates | |
| Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Denver | 111 | Masters | |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins | 27,569 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| Colorado State University-Pueblo | Pueblo | 5,908 | Masters | yes |
| Colorado Technical University | Colorado Springs, Greenwood Village, Pueblo | | | |
| Community College of Aurora | Aurora | 4,885 | Associates | |
| Community College of Denver | Denver | 8,359 | Associates | |
| Denver Academy of Court Reporting | Westminster | 150 | Associates | |
| Denver Seminary | Littleton | 858 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| DeVry University | Colorado Springs, Denver South, Westminster | | | |
| Empire Beauty Schools | Arvada, Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton, Thornton | | | |
| Everest College | Aurora, Colorado Springs, Thornton | | | |
| Fort Lewis College | Durango | 3,928 | Bachelors | yes |
| Front Range Community College | Westminster | 15,270 | Associates | yes |
| Heritage College | Denver | 663 | Associates | |
| Iliff School of Theology | Denver | 199 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| Intellitec College-Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs | 587 | Associates | |
| Intellitec College-Grand Junction | Grand Junction | 698 | Associates | |
| IntelliTec Medical Institute | Colorado Springs | | | |
| ITT Technical Institute | Thornton | | | |
| Johnson & Wales University-Denver | Denver | 1,466 | Bachelors | |
| Kaplan College | Denver | | | |
| Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University | Colorado Springs, Denver, Westminster | | | |
| Lamar Community College | Lamar | 817 | Associates | yes |
| Lincoln College of Technology | Denver | | | |
| Mesa State College | Grand Junction | 6,199 | Masters | yes |
| Metropolitan State College of Denver | Denver | 21,425 | Bachelors | yes |
| Morgan Community College | Fort Morgan | 1,748 | Associates | |
| Naropa University | Boulder | 1,104 | Masters & professional | |
| National American University Campus | Colorado Springs, Denver | | | |
| Nazarene Bible College | Colorado Springs | 957 | Bachelors | |
| Northeastern Junior College | Sterling | 2,751 | Associates | |
| Otero Junior College | La Junta | 1,558 | Associates | |
| Pikes Peak Community College | Colorado Springs | 11,407 | Associates | |
| Pima Medical Institute | Denver | 922 | Associates | |
| Pueblo Community College | Pueblo | 5,063 | Associates | |
| Red Rocks Community College | Lakewood | 7,223 | Associates | yes |
| Regis University | Denver | 11,238 | Doctoral | yes |
| Remington College | Colorado Springs | | | |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design | Denver | 498 | Bachelors | |
| Southwest Acupuncture College-Boulder | Boulder | 130 | Masters | |
| TechSkills | Greenwood Village | | | |
| TechSkills - Medical | Denver | | | |
| Teikyo Loretto Heights University | Denver | 504 | Bachelors | |
| The Art Institutes | Denver | | | |
| Trinidad State Junior College | Trinidad | 1,760 | Associates | |
| United States Air Force Academy | USAFA | 4,461 | Bachelors | |
| University of Colorado at Boulder | Boulder | 31,796 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs | 8,660 | Doctoral | yes |
| University of Colorado Denver | Denver | 21,658 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| University of Denver | Denver | 11,053 | Doctoral & professional | yes |
| University of Northern Colorado | Greeley | 12,702 | Doctoral | yes |
| University of Phoenix | Colorado Springs, Lone Tree | | | |
| University of the Rockies | Colorado Springs | 146 | Doctoral | |
| Western State College of Colorado | Gunnison | 2,146 | Bachelors | yes |
| Westwood College | Denver | | | |
