Rankings & Achievements

Lead.

We shape tomorrow’s leaders by recognizing and engaging graduates who consistently demonstrate CU Boulder values and apply intellectual curiosity, rigor and collaboration to creatively address complex issues and opportunities.

3

U.S. Supreme Court justices

5

Nobel Prize winners

5

National Medal of Science winners

9

MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows

18

CU Boulder-affiliated astronauts

51

Fulbright fellows since 2006

Our First Woman Rhodes Scholar

Serene Singh, Political Science & Journalism BA, 2019

Serene Singh

CU Boulder student Serene Singh is one of 20 CU Boulder students who have received the Rhodes Scholarship.
She will study at Oxford University in England starting in fall 2019.

Top Graduate School Rankings

from U.S. News & World Report, 2019

People look at an image of Earth projected on a sphere.

#1

in the world
in Geosciences

#2

in the nation
in Atomic/ Molecular/ Optical Physics

#5

in the nation
in Ceramics

#5

in the nation
in Environmental Law

#6

in the nation
in Quantum Physics

#10

in the nation
in Physical Chemistry

#10

in the nation
in Aerospace/ Aeronautical/ Astronautical Engineering

#43

in the world
among 18,000 universities

(Center for World University Rankings, 2019)

Innovate.

We serve as a nexus for innovation by facilitating collaboration and the sharing of diverse perspectives among universities, industry, laboratories and communities to elucidate and address complex issues and opportunities.

First

university to achieve a STARS Gold rating for sustainability

4

southern Colorado counties and 300 farmers and irrigators benefit from water-rights assistance provided by CU’s law school

207

license and option agreements granted to businesses in the past 5 years from CU Boulder discoveries

$3.3 billion

in capital raised by 109 CU Boulder startups

Top 50

university for National Science Foundation research funding

Expanding Statewide Access to a University Education

Students Earn a CU Boulder Degree at Home in Gunnison, Grand Junction

Providing access to education is a priority at CU Boulder.
We’ve partnered with Colorado Mesa University and Western Colorado University to allow students to earn a CU Boulder engineering degree.

First

Division 1 zero-waste stadium and athletic program

First

U.S. Green Building Council-certified Leed Platinum research lab in the U.S. (SEEC)

10

student lab spaces in our one-of-a-kind ATLAS design and technology program

Students and their musical technology, Specdrums

109

companies formed based on CU Boulder technologies since 1994

An artist's concept of Cassini during the Saturn orbit insertion. (NASA)

#2

public university for NASA awards

Impact.

We broaden research, scholarship and creative work, and articulate our positive impact on humanity. We collaborate to produce graduates who apply their CU Boulder experience to make meaningful contributions to society.

500,000+

Coloradans in 52 counties benefit from 230+ public service programs provided by faculty, staff and students

260,000+

K-12 students and teachers in 128 school districts participate in community outreach programs

5th

all time for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers

6,000+

CU Boulder students serve each year through Volunteer Resource Center Programs

92,000+

Colorado students in grades 3–12 have seen our Shakespeare and Violence Prevention performance since 2011

Returning Top-notch Teachers to Their Hometown Communities

Brittni Laura Hernandez, Secondary Education and Teaching, Curriculum and Instruction MA, 2018

Brittni Laura Hernandez

Through the “grow your own” program, the School of Education is helping rural school districts attract and retain amazing teachers, like CU Boulder alumna Brittni Laura Hernandez, who is teaching in her hometown of Greeley.

$3.85 billion

annual economic impact on the state economy

$2.5 billion+

annual contribution to the Boulder County economy

20,000

Coloradans impacted by Contemporary Dance Works Residency Tour since 1991

50%

of Colorado fourth-graders use fossil and archaeology science kits from the CU Museum of Natural History

Top 10

university for sustainability

(The Princeton Review, 2017)

The CU Boulder Difference

There is great value in higher education, including increased career potential and quality of life. At CU Boulder, we work to make high-quality education worthwhile, relevant and accessible.

Value of a CU Boulder Education

93%

of graduates are employed, in grad school or the military within six months of graduation

$109,000

median midcareer salary for students with a CU Boulder bachelor's degree

(Payscale, 2018)

Local and Global

organizations employing grads: Amazon, Apple, Ball Aerospace, Boeing, Charles Schwab, Disney, Google, IBM, Lockheed Martin, NASA, NBC, Shell, Teach for America, Twitter, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Vail Resorts, Yelp

Providing Access to Students in Colorado

Be Boulder pact saves students $8.4 million a year in fees.

Automatic Merit Scholarships attract Colorado’s highest-achieving high schoolers with weighted GPAs of 3.8 to 4.0+.

CU Promise pays low-income students’ share of tuition and fees.

CU Boulder tuition and fee guarantee offers a predictable, four-year guarantee, providing complete transparency.

Attracting Top Students

2018 Entering Class (6,701)

Most diverse (24%)

Most qualified (3.67 GPA)

Most transfer (24%)

students in CU Boulder history

34,510 Fall 2019 Enrollment

18:1 student-to-faculty ratio

1,000+ veterans and dependents using VA education benefits, a record

3,100 international students from 106 countries

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Innovate.

Expanding Statewide Access to a University Education

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The CU Boulder Difference

Value of a CU Boulder Education

Providing Access to Students in Colorado

Attracting Top Students

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