University of Colorado Boulder College Portrait
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend CU-Boulder.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at CU-Boulder. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend CU-Boulder and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at CU-Boulder.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at CU-Boulder – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at CU-Boulder and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at CU-Boulder finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at CU-Boulder.
CU-Boulder Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 20 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 65% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 84% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 1,241 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 37% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 17% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 91% |
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Campus-based Housing
95% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
28% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Safety issues and related services are a high priority at CU-Boulder. Campus policies and procedures address crime prevention; residence hall safety; and fire safety, prevention, and preparedness. The Emergency Alert System allows campus officials to send emergency text messages at a moment's notice via cell phone to students, faculty, and staff. University police patrol the campus around the clock and can be contacted immediately from the nearly 60 emergency call boxes located across campus.
Campus Crime Statistics
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (very high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)