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University of Colorado--Boulder is one of the leading colleges in Colorado with the acceptance rate of 80%. Deadlines for application are Early Action - November 15 and Regular - January 15 . For more information, call 3034926301 or send email at apply@colorado.edu.

54754 Enrolled 80% Acceptance Rate 25 - 31 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 54,754
    • Average HS GPA: 3.68
    • Acceptance Rate: 80%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 20% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 18% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 14% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 9% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 5% — 2.50 - 2.99

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    590 - 690
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    580 - 700
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    25 - 31

  • Deadlines

    Early Action
    November 15
    Regular
    January 15

Academics

  • Majors

    ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES.
    Environmental Design/Architecture.
    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    Asian Studies/Civilization.
    Ethnic Studies.
    Russian Studies.
    Women's Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry.
    Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology.
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
    Neuroscience.
    Physiology, General.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Finance, General.
    Management Information Systems and Services.
    Marketing.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia.
    Journalism.
    Mass Communication/Media Studies.
    Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
    Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Artificial Intelligence.
    Computer Science.
    Information Science/Studies.
    EDUCATION.
    Elementary Education and Teaching.
    Music Teacher Education.
    ENGINEERING.
    Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.
    Architectural Engineering.
    Biochemical Engineering.
    Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering.
    Chemical Engineering.
    Civil Engineering, General.
    Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Engineering Physics/Applied Physics.
    Engineering, General.
    Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.
    Mechanical Engineering.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    Chinese Language and Literature.
    Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
    French Language and Literature.
    Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
    Italian Language and Literature.
    Japanese Language and Literature.
    Linguistics.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Communication Sciences and Disorders, General.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
    General Studies.
    Humanities/Humanistic Studies.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Applied Mathematics, General.
    Mathematics, General.
    Statistics, General.
    MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
    International/Global Studies.
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Studies.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Jewish/Judaic Studies.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Astronomy.
    Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General.
    Chemistry, General.
    Geology/Earth Science, General.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS.
    Community Organization and Advocacy.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Economics, General.
    Geography.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
    Dance, General.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Film/Cinema/Video Studies.
    Fine/Studio Arts, General.
    Music Performance, General.
    Music, General.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's
    • Doctoral/Professional
    • Doctoral/Research
    • Master's
    • Post-Master's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    Dennis Lehane
    Best Selling Author of Mystic River
    Andy Garcia
    Actor-The Godfather Part III
    Liz Balmaseda
    Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
    Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
    Politician
    Dawn Ostroff
    Former President of CW Network
    Stephanie Burns
    Chairman and Former CEO, Dow Corning
    Manny Diaz
    Politician

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Mar 1

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $10728
    Required Fees
    $1738
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $1200
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    N/A
    Transportation for Commuters
    $1494
    On-Campus Room and Board
    $15676

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • N/A
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 84/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    30936
    Foreign Countries Represented
    74

  • Demographics

    • Asian 6.08%
    • African-American 1.76%
    • Hispanic 13.36%
    • Caucasian 68.19%
    • Male 55%
    • Female 45%
    • Аre out of state 44

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    26%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    Yes
    Quality of life rating 92/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    93%
    Campus Environment
    Small Urban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    Yes
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    550
    Number of Honor Societies
    29
    Number of Social Sororities
    16

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division I
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (8)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Skiing Downhill Alpine
    • Skiing Nordic Cross Country
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (11)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Golf
    • Lacrosse
    • Skiing Downhill Alpine
    • Skiing Nordic Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    LGBT Support Groups
    Minority Support Groups
    Army ROTC Offered on-campus Navy ROTC Offered on-campus Air Force ROTC Offered on-campus

  • Sustainability

    The University of Colorado Boulder is still serious about going green. This Sierra #1 Cool School (2009)—home of the nation’s first collegiate recycling program, first zero waste athletics program, first student-led Environmental Center, and first STARS Gold-rated campus—is not resting on its laurels. CU-Boulder’s reputation as one of the nation’s best destinations for environmental education is at least partially due to its top-notch research programs (CU-Boulder’s geosciences research portfolio ranks number one in the world for research reports published and cited in the literature). The new School of the Environment and Sustainability (SES) will open in 2015 in a state of the art Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Complex (SEEC) on East Campus. This multi-disciplinary center will serve as a flagship for CU’s environmental cluster, bringing together a community of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty educators and government researchers, industry analysts, sustainability staff and local citizens. A faculty guided student organization called ICE (Investigating Careers in the Environment) brings environmental leaders to the campus to chat with students about emerging trends in the green jobs sector. CU-Boulder has cut potable water use 50 percent and reduced total energy per square foot 22 percent since 2006 while flat lining GHG emissions. CU-Boulder also eliminated synthetic pesticides from campus turf, achieved a LEED Platinum rating for a new campus residence hall and major lab building, implemented a “Fair Food” and local organic food sourcing policy in dining halls, and installed over 900-kilowatt of solar panels. The campus boasts an impressive 17 LEED-certified buildings (five Platinum, eleven Gold, one Silver) with another 9 pending certification.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    46%
    Graduate in 5 years
    65%
    Graduate in 6 years
    69%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Coop
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    $58600
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    $114600
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    $60200
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    $119700
    Percent High Job Meaning
    50%
    Percent STEM
    39%
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 86/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: http://www.colorado.edu/visit/admissions
      • Average Length: 2 hours
      Campus Tours
      • N/A

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Available
      Times
      See http://www.colorado.edu/visit/admissions
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