You really don’t want to go into debt for a degree. The long term costs of the debt can be crippling. Debt has opportunity costs because you must make the loan repayments. So, you forego getting married, having kids, buying a house, buying a car, taking a vacation, saving for retirement, etc. In the long term you are better served finding a good degree at an affordable cost.
You are lucky. You are in-state at Colorado and Colorado State. You should seriously consider both. Other schools, Arizona, Arizona State, New Mexico, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Alabama, and Mississippi State. You need to compare whether these out of state schools are better costs than your in state choices. Compare the relative strength of the departments you are interested in. Look at the honors college in each.