Enrollment, Retention & Graduation
- A total of 725 first-year Latine* students enrolled at CU Boulder in fall 2015 – more than at any other four-year institution in Colorado, according to the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
- A total of 73% of Latine students who began their first year of college at CU Boulder in 2015 graduated in 2021 or earlier or transferred to another Colorado college and graduated; 69% graduated from CU Boulder and 4% graduated from another college.
- A total of 72% of Latine students, or 165 students, who enrolled at CU Boulder in fall 2017 as new transfer students graduated within six years.
- Since 2012, the total enrollment for resident, nonresident, undergraduate and graduate Latine students has risen by 78%; Latine student enrollment rose from 9% in 2013 to 13% in 2023.
- The number of new Latine transfer students rose by 97% between fall 2013 and fall 2023 – a total of 235 students.
- Of the 885 Latine students who enrolled at CU Boulder in 2022 – 87% returned for their second year of college.
- Of the total 7,546 first-year undergraduate students enrolled at CU Boulder in fall 2023 – 14% or 1,048 students were Latine.
*Includes students who identify as Latinx, Latina, Latino, Latin and Hispanic
Find more information about the Fall 2023 Census and other student data on the Office of Data Analytics website.
Financial Aid & Affordability
- CU Boulder disbursed more than $183 million in financial aid to 12,339 resident undergraduate students in 2022-23, including 1,902 Latine students.
- CU Boulder disbursed $157 million in financial aid awards to 6,982 nonresident undergraduate students in 2022-23, including 604 Latine students.
- The Cleopatra Jaramillo Estrada Activist Legacy Scholarship provides a $500 scholarship to a current CU Boulder undergraduate who best exemplifies a consistent and deep commitment to equal rights for all marginalized people. More information is available on the Center for Inclusion and Social Change scholarships webpage.
Find more information about scholarships, grants, work-study and other financial aid on the websites of the Office of Financial Aid and the Center for Inclusion and Social Change.
Precollege Support
The CU Boulder Office of Precollege Outreach and Engagement supported 4,247 Colorado middle and high school students between 2017 and 2022, introducing them to academic communities and practices that will help them succeed at CU Boulder or at another academic institution in Colorado or beyond.
- Precollegiate Development supported 1,850 Denver-area middle and high school students between 2017 and 2022, of which 73% were Latine.
- Partnership Outreach program supported 2,020 students in rural Colorado between 2017 and 2022, of which 92% were Latine.
- Precollege Bridge program supported 127 Colorado students who participated in a precollege program and chose to attend CU Boulder between 2017 and 2022, of which 73% were Latine.
Find more information about precollege programming on the Office of Precollege Outreach and Engagement website.
Academic Advising, Affinity & Belonging
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A total of 281 Latine students visited the Center for Inclusion and Social Change in 2018-19.
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The Aquetza Youth Leadership, Education and Community Empowerment is a program for Colorado youths with strong ties to the state’s indigenous Mexican American and Chicano communities who seek to excel as higher education scholars and community leaders. As many as 52 middle and high school students participate in the program each summer.
- The Latin American and Latinx Studies Center provides an institutional space for research, teaching and discussion on Latin American studies and Latine studies within the U.S. context.
Find more information about building community and a sense of belonging among students on the websites of Student Affairs and the Center for Inclusion and Social Change.