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🏫 Dual Enrollment & College for Colorado Homeschoolers
College classes in high school, admission for homeschool graduates, and the state college aid Colorado homeschoolers can earn — from our Colorado guide and articles.
Concurrent enrollment and college classes
Concurrent enrollment runs through schools, not families. A "qualified student" is someone under 21 enrolled in ninth grade or higher in a local education provider, meaning a district, charter school or BOCES (C.R.S. 22-35-103(15)). The provider pays the college's tuition at the rate in its agreement with the college, and CDE says students may still pay for books, supplies, fees and transportation (C.R.S. 22-35-105; CDE Concurrent Enrollment page).
For homeschoolers, that means taking concurrent enrollment through a part-time enrollment with a district, charter school or BOCES. CDE's guidance for districts covers part-time homeschool students taking concurrent enrollment and CTE alongside full-time students, and its audit guide says homeschool students in concurrent enrollment are still limited to part-time funding no matter how many credit hours they take. Ask your district whether it offers concurrent enrollment to part-time homeschool students and what it requires.
ASCENT: the Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollment program lets a student whom the local education provider designates take college courses in the year after 12th grade, if the student has completed at least nine college credit hours and meets other conditions (C.R.S. 22-35-108). Because the school designates participants, ASCENT also depends on enrollment with a local education provider.
Outside concurrent enrollment, whether a college admits a high school-age homeschool student on its own, and at what tuition, is up to each college. Ask before you plan on it.
Read the full section in our Colorado guide
Other Colorado programs: college aid, driver's licenses and special education
College admission: Colorado State University says it has no admission requirements unique to homeschoolers, and that homeschooled students are eligible for the same financial aid, scholarships and honors program. Under Colorado Commission on Higher Education guidelines, applicants from non-graded settings (narrative or portfolio) are assigned a 3.3 proxy GPA, and CSU doesn't require extra tests such as the GED. CU Boulder's 2026–27 catalog says it is test optional and gives individual consideration to records with nontraditional grading, unusual curricula or a high school equivalency.
Read the full section in our Colorado guide
Official sources
- HB26-1292: Scholarship Granting Organizations (lost, 2026)
- Scholarship Granting Organizations: Colorado's federal tax credit list (Colorado Department of Revenue)
- Federal Scholarship Tax Credit participating states (IRS)
- Concurrent Enrollment Option (CDE)
- Homeschooled Students admissions (Colorado State University)
Summarized from our Colorado guide (as of October 2026) and articles. Rules change — confirm on the official pages before you act.
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