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Top 10 Reasons to Attend CU

Distinguished faculty

• Produce groundbreaking research

• Address critical issues facing our world

Work and study with the best. CU-Boulder faculty includes four Nobel laureates, four recipients of the National Medal of Science, 15 Guggenheim Fellows in the past 10 years, 20 recent MacArthur, Packard, and Fulbright Fellows, and 58 members of the national academies of arts and sciences, education, engineering, and sciences.

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The Anthropology department at CU Boulder is fantastic, and I came here to work with its excellent professors and graduate students, as well as be part of a major research university. I conducted fieldwork in Bangalore, India in the summer of 2009, where I interviewed Indian nurses and their families. — Rachel Fleming
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I am Associate Professor and Chair of the graduate program in sociology. The graduate students are the best part of my career at CU! My research focuses on the role of animals in society. My book on animals in disasters, titled Filling the Ark, came out in May 2009. The natural beauty made me fall in love with this area. I never tire of looking at the mountains or seeing hawks and bald eagles. — Leslie Irvine
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Why Graduate Education?

Higher Degrees Net Higher Salaries

People with graduate degrees earn significantly higher salaries on average than those without, generally at least $10,000 more per year with each degree.

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The Graduate School serves the community of graduate students, faculty, and staff at CU-Boulder, one of the nation's premier comprehensive research universities. We offer guidance on a wide array of academic, social, and financial issues, and can assist in navigating the often complex world of graduate education.

Serving as an umbrella organization since 1892, the Graduate School currently oversees 100 graduate and professional programs. We work to guarantee a standard of quality and cohesion across all disciplines, ensuring the continuing integrity and value of a CU-Boulder graduate degree. The Graduate School also helps make possible the many connections between the campus and outside constituencies, in the state, the nation, and the world.

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NREL-CU Joint Energy Institute Coming to Boulder campus

The University of Colorado will partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to launch a joint institute on the Boulder campus, beginning this fall. The institute will blend disciplines — including business, engineering and law — to explore renewable-energy production and policies.