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Fort Lewis College

Durango, Colorado·Public, 4-year or above·Rocky Mountains·fortlewis.edu
6-yr Graduation
36%
-5.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
3,544
peer median 3,673
Avg net price
$17,296
+$1.7k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
4,986
4,986 candidates competed
Admitted
3,854
77.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
751
19.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
36%-5.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
21%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
36%
Full-time retention
66%

Pell equity

20.1pp gap
Pell recipients
24%74 of 309
Non-Pell (all)
44%189 of 429
Subsidized loan, no Pell
35%31 of 88
No Federal Aid
46%158 of 341

Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 90 Title IV programs, 16 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 74 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
90
Passing
16
17.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

90programs
  • Passing16 · 17.8%
  • No Data74 · 82.2%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
5
Safe
11
No data
74

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

16
Outdoor Education
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+13.8%
$39,598 vs $34,808
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+17.9%
$41,032 vs $34,808
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+19.7%
$41,653 vs $34,808
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+19.7%
$41,675 vs $34,808
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+19.8%
$41,694 vs $34,808
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+25.1%
$43,544 vs $34,808
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+31.7%
$45,833 vs $34,808
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+32.9%
$46,256 vs $34,808

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

13
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
45%
$19,750 debt · $43,544 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
43%
$18,000 debt · $41,694 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
43%
$17,794 debt · $41,675 earn
Marketing
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
40%
$22,439 debt · $56,044 earn
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
39%
$18,011 debt · $45,833 earn
Public Health
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
38%
$18,119 debt · $47,830 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
38%
$17,449 debt · $46,256 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
37%
$21,840 debt · $59,298 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1958Next review Aug 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 2

  1. Feb 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$18,622
$30–48k$17,014
$48–75k$19,468
$75–110k$19,498
$110k+$13,158

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$17,296
+$1,661vs Baccalaureate median $15,635
Federal loans
29.9%
In-state tuition
$9,958
Out-of-state
$21,526

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,399 students received $8.1M in Pell grants, alongside $8.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,399
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.1M
$8,052,955 total
Direct Loans
$8.7M
1,610 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.7M
700 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.7M
685 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$522K
40 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.8M
184 loan awards
Grad PLUS$4K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 752 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (2.3%) defaulted within three years.

Default rate
2.3%
vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
752
Defaulted
18
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.7%
2017
12.6%
2018
9.5%
2019
2.3%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Fort Lewis College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs67
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

495 total completions
01Business
8817.8%
02Social Sciences
7815.8%
03Parks/Recreation
6613.3%
04Education
5110.3%
05Natural Resources
5010.1%
06Psychology
438.7%
07Visual/Performing Arts
336.7%
08Biological Sciences
326.5%
09Physical Sciences
275.5%
10Health Professions
275.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,544
12-mo unduplicated
4,011
Undergraduate
3,842
Graduate
169

Gender split

Men
45%1,799
Women
55%2,212

Race / ethnicity composition

White
43.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
26.7%
Hispanic
15.2%
Two or more
11.6%
Black
1.7%
Non-resident
0.7%
Asian
0.4%
Unknown
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
370
216 M · 154 W
Women athletes
41.6%
Athletic aid
$2.7M
Total student aid
Budget
$8.6M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.6M
$1.1M
Recruiting expense
$51K
$54K
Head-coach salaries
$84K
$52K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
116 M · 82 W
$636K
Football
122 M · —
$1.5M
Soccer
28 M · 36 W
$1.3M
Basketball
16 M · 20 W
$1.2M
Lacrosse
— · 26 W
$279K
Softball
— · 23 W
$369K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.17
4 offenses · 3,413 students

3-year trend

3.642 yrs ago1.181 yr ago1.17Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
21
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
32
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
2
Robbery
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

4total
  • On campus4

Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

5
Domestic violence
8
Dating violence
0
Stalking
13 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs232
Liquor865

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
261

Fort Lewis College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Fort Lewis College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectFort Lewis College
36%—3,544$17,296Baccalaureate
United States Air Force Academy
88%14.1%4,114—Baccalaureate
Colorado Mesa University
47%82.0%9,785$15,103Baccalaureate
Lewis-Clark State College
32%87.7%3,801$15,635Baccalaureate
The University of Montana-Western
54%99.8%1,358$16,558Baccalaureate
Montana State University-Northern
30%100.0%966$12,664Baccalaureate
Peer group median42%87.7%3,673$15,635

Institutions like Fort Lewis College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Fort Lewis College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Fort Lewis College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
970-247-7179
Address
1000 Rim Drive, Durango, Colorado 81301

Our goals are to support institutional decision-making by providing a broad array of information and analysis to the campus community, and to comply with state and national reporting requirements.

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Frequently asked questions about Fort Lewis College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Fort Lewis College.

What is the graduation rate at Fort Lewis College?

Fort Lewis College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 36% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Fort Lewis College?

Fort Lewis College reports a total enrollment of 3,544 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Fort Lewis College?

The average net price at Fort Lewis College is $17,296 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Fort Lewis College?

Fort Lewis College's yield rate is 19.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Fort Lewis College located?

Fort Lewis College is located in Durango, Colorado 81301-3999.

Who runs Institutional Research at Fort Lewis College?

Fort Lewis College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Institutional Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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