University of Colorado Boulder

Also known as

U of Colorado
Univ of Colorado
University of Colorado
U of CO
Univ of CO
University of CO
Boulder
CU
CU-Boulder
UCB
CUB
Colorado
Colorado University
U of Colo
Univ of Colo
University of Colo
Colo
Buffs
Buffalos
Buffaloes
CU at Boulder
Golden Buffs
University of Colorado at Boulder

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

10,597

40.1% Female

59.9% Male

Institution Overview

System

University of Colorado

School Type

Public

Academic Calendar

Semester

Setting

City: Midsize

Academics

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Full Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Part Time Graduate Enrolled

Yes

Total # of Programs

223

Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

Doctoral Research

Doctoral Professional

Distance

Degrees Offered

Master's

Doctor's (Research)

Doctor's (Professional)

Student Body

Demographics

0.40%

American Indian or Alaska Native

6.89%

Asian

1.93%

Black or African American

9.65%

Hispanic or Latino

0.05%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

50.25%

White

3.38%

Two or more races

2.82%

Unknown

24.64%

Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Admissions Office Web Address

www.colorado.edu/admissions

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition

$14,970

Average Out-Of-State Tuition

$37,138

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic

Yes

Occupational

Continuing Professional

Recreational or avocational

Highest Degree offered

Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses

Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's

Master's (Distance)

Doctor's Degree Research

Doctor's Degree Professional

Program Area	Program Type	Program Format
Program Area	Program Type	Campus	Distance
Accounting	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Anthropology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Applied Mathematics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Architectural Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Artificial Intelligence	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Astrophysics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Audiology/Audiologist	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Biochemistry	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Business Administration and Management, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Business Statistics	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Business/Corporate Communications	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Chemical Physics	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Chemistry, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Civil Engineering, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Cognitive Science	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Comparative Literature	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Computational Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Computer Science	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Creative Writing	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Dance, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Documentary Production	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Economics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Education, General	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Education, Other	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Educational Evaluation and Research	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Engineering Technology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Engineering, Other	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
English Language and Literature, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Environmental Studies	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Finance, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Fine/Studio Arts, General	Master's Degree	Yes	No
French Language and Literature	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Geology/Earth Science, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Geophysics and Seismology	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	Master's Degree	Yes	No
History, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Information Science/Studies	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Intermedia/Multimedia	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Journalism	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Law	Doctoral – Professional	Yes	No
Learning Sciences	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Linguistics	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Management Science	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Mass Communication/Media Studies	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Materials Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Mathematics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Multicultural Education	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Museology/Museum Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Music History, Literature, and Theory	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Music Performance, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Music Teacher Education	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Neuroscience	Doctoral – Research	Yes	No
Organizational Leadership	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	Yes
Philosophy	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Physics, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Physiology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Political Science and Government, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Psychology, General	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Real Estate	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Religion/Religious Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Russian Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Sociology	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Spanish Language and Literature	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Taxation	Master's Degree	Yes	No
Telecommunications Engineering	Master's Degree Doctoral – Research	Yes Yes	No No
Women's Studies	Master's Degree	Yes	No

Faculty

	Total	Instructional Staff	Research	Public Service
Total	2,684	1,754	927	3
With faculty status	2,684	1,754	927	3
Tenured	879	879	0	0
On tenure track	307	307	0	0
Not on tenure track	1,498	568	927	3
Multi-year contract	938	10	925	3
Annual contract	560	558	2	0
Less-than annual contract	0	0	0	0
Without faculty status	0	0	0	0

Graduate Assistantships

Yes

Graduate Assistantship

Teaching

Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?

Yes

Medical Degree Offered?

Institution Has a Hospital?

Overview

Average In-State Tuition

$14,970

Average Out-Of-State Tuition

$37,138

Financial aid office web address

www.colorado.edu/financialaid

Tuition & Fees

	In-state	Out-of-State
Full time Average Tuition	$14,970	$37,138
Full time Fees	$1,664	$1,664
Part time, per credit hour	$877	$2,090

Tuition & Fees By Program

Program	In-state Tuition	In-state Fees	Out-of-State Tuition	Out-of-State Fees
Law	$34,416	$2,016	$42,246	$2,016

Tuition Plan Options

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment

10,597

40.1% Female

59.9% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics

0.40%

American Indian or Alaska Native

6.89%

Asian

1.93%

Black or African American

9.65%

Hispanic or Latino

0.05%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

50.25%

White

3.38%

Two or more races

2.82%

Unknown

24.64%

Non-resident Alien

Gender

Race / Ethnicity	Men	Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native	16	26
Asian	439	291
Black Or African American	121	83
Hispanic Or Latino	553	470
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander	3	2
Non-resident Alien	1,855	756
White	2,986	2,339
Two Or More Races	179	179
Unknown	195	104

Services offered

Service	Offered
Academic Career Counseling Service	Yes
Employment Services For Students	Yes
Placement Services For Completers	Yes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree

Total

2,133

60.3% Male

39.7% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship

Total

457

56.7% Male

43.3% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice

Total

175

44.0% Male

56.0% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution

Services offered

Service	Offered
Remedial services
On-campus day care for student's children	Yes

Admissions Office Contact

Address

Regent Drive at Broadway
Boulder, CO 80309-0017

Phone

303-492-1411

Fax

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of January 2025. Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2023), Data File: [HD2023], [IC2023], [IC2023_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2023), Data File: [C2023_A],[C2023DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2023), Data File: [EFFY2023]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2023), Data File: [EAP2023]