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At a Glance
The CampusThe University of Colorado at Boulder is a Tier 1 research institution that received more than $266 million in sponsored research awards for the 2007 fiscal year, placing us 13th nationally and 6th among all public universities. The university offers 85 majors at the bachelor's level, 70 at the master's level, and 50 at the doctoral level. CU-Boulder's main campus is on 600 acres right in heart of beautiful Boulder, Colorado, which Forbes magazine named America's smartest city in 2008.
Leadership
Founded in 1876 in Boulder
at the base of the Rocky Mountains, CU-Boulder is
led by Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson
and his leadership team. The Boulder campus was
the first of the current three-campus University
of Colorado system.
- Undergraduate Class Size:
- 50% of classes have
19 or fewer students
- 85% of classes have 50
or fewer students
- Most Popular Undergraduate
Majors:
- Psychology
- Integrative Physiology
- English
- Pre-journalism
- Biological Sciences
- See a listing of majors >>
- $266 million in sponsored research funding during fiscal year 2007
- Over one billion dollars ($1.26 billion) in sponsored research expenditures over the last five fiscal years (2003-2007)
- More NASA research funding during the past three years than any other university
- More than 90 research centers, institutes, and laboratories
Read more about Research and Discovery >>
- Faculty Achievement
- Four faculty members have been awarded the
Nobel Prize
- Seven faculty have received MacArthur Fellowships,
aka “genius grant”
- 21 active or retired faculty are members of
the National Academy of Sciences
- 18 active or retired faculty are members of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 13 active or retired faculty are members of
the National Academy of Engineering.
- Five active or retired faculty are members
of the National Academy of Education
- Faculty Statistics
- 1,075 tenure/tenure track faculty members
- 13% are members of a minority
- 40% are women
- 91% of full-time instructional faculty
members hold doctorates or other terminal
degrees
- Fall 2007 Student Body
- 28,988 on-campus degree-seeking students
- 24,473 undergraduate students
- 4,515 graduate students
- 47% women
- 53% men
- Residency
- 68% Colorado residents
- 32% nonresidents
- Diversity
- 14% minorities
- 4% international students
- Freshman Retention
Rate 83%
- Test Scores: middle 50% of freshmen admitted
Fall 2007
- SAT verbal: 520-630
- SAT math: 540-650
- ACT: 23-28
- High School Class Rank: Fall 2007 freshmen
- 92% of in top half of graduating class
- 58% in top quarter of graduating class
- 25% in top tenth of graduating class
- Average High School GPA for Fall 2007 Freshmen:
3.56
Tuition and Fees:
The Fiske
Guide to Colleges 2008 named the
University of Colorado as one of the country's "best
buys" in public higher education. Tuition and
fees for full-time students in the College of Arts
and Sciences for the fall 2007 and spring 2008 semesters
together is $6,635 (resident) and $24,797 (non-resident)
for undergraduates; $8,256 (resident) and $23,170
(non-resident) for graduate students. Fifty-five
percent of students received financial aid totaling
more than $226 million for the 2007-08 academic year.
Budget
CU-Boulder's 2007-08 total
current funds operating budget is $954.8 million.
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