First-year Student Admission

The minimum GPA for admission consideration is 2.0. With the mid-50% average high school GPA for admitted students last year between 3.08 to 3.81, students were accepted with GPAs ranging from 2.0 to 4.0, depending on other qualifications.

The Colorado Department of Higher Education recommends students planning to attend a four-year college or university in Colorado complete the following classes. These courses are considered a factor, among many, in FLC's admission process:

• 4 years of Math
• 4 years of English
• 3 years of Social Science
• 3 years of Science  
• 1 year of world language
• 2 years of high school academic electives.

Our admission team takes a close look at individual classes, course sequence, and other factors to determine admission.

A non-refundable $40 application fee is required to process your application. 

You can pay your application fee with a bank debit or credit card online with your application.

You can also submit your application without payment and send a check from a United States bank or a bank money order in United States currency payable to “Fort Lewis College.” If you choose to send a check, please be sure your full name and date of birth are included on it.

Application fee waiver

You can request a fee waiver if you have extreme financial need. Select "yes" on the admission application when asked if you want to request a fee waiver due to financial hardship.

• If you haven't graduated high school yet, submit your unofficial high school transcripts.
• If you have already graduated from high school, submit your official high school transcript.
• If you are a homeschool student, submit a transcript that includes subjects and grades for each year.
• If you have taken a high school equivalency certificate or diploma score (GED, HiSET, or TASC, etc.), provide the official score report sent directly from the testing agency.

Upload transcripts to the admission portal, email, fax, or have your high school counselor send them to us.

• Email: admission@fortlewis.edu
• Fax: 970-247-7179

We encourage you to submit a personal statement or essay as a part of your admission application. While optional, it can provide valuable information for our review process.

This is a writing sample and should be between 200 and 500 words. You can choose one of the following: 

• A Personal Statement that helps us understand who you are beyond your grades and transcripts. You might highlight your academic journey or provide context to understand your experiences thus far. 
• An essay on a topic of your choice. Something you’d like to share with the Admission Committee can be a paper you’ve written for a class that you are particularly proud of or something more you’d like us to know.

ACT & SAT scores

Admission to FLC is ACT/SAT test score optional. FLC testing codes are:

• ACT: 0510
• SAT: 4310

Accuplacer exam for math and composition placement

Students who are 23 or older or have been out of high school for at least five years may be required to take the Accuplacer exam to determine math and composition placement. The test is available at our testing center or often at your local community college.

Learn more about the Accuplacer at FLC