College Opportunity Fund for Colorado Resident Undergraduates
What is COF
The College Opportunity Fund (COF) provides a stipend that pays a portion of tuition for eligible undergraduate students who attend a Colorado public institution or a participating private institution.This stipend does not need to be paid back.
The stipend is paid to the institution on a per-credit-hour basis at an amount set annually by the General Assembly. Check the official state COF website for the current amount. Please visit the Office of the Registrar's College Opportunity Fund webpage for complete information.
COF Pays a Portion of Tuition
- The COF stipend pays a portion of tuition for Colorado resident undergraduate students.
- When the COF stipend is successfully authorized, you will see a credit on the student's account at the bottom of Account Details under Credit and Payments: "College Opportunity Fund [Fall or Sprg]."
- Authorize COF before the first payment deadline of the semester to avoid paying total tuition, late and finance charges.
- If you choose "Lifetime Authorization," you don't need to authorize COF again while attending CU Boulder.
- Continuing Education and Extended Studies classes (billed separately from Main Campus) are not eligible for COF.
How to Get COF
Students must complete two steps (see links to full instructions below):
Step 1- Apply: You can apply for the College Opportunity Fund as soon as you are thirteen years old and you are a Colorado resident.
Step 2 - Authorize: You will authorize COF the first time you register for classes.
If for some reason you don't authorize COF during registration, you can do it anytime after that through Buff Portal. Please visit the following links for full instructions from the Office of the Registrar.