Salary and Wage Statistics

CU Boulder is in the process of creating a robust destination data collection project to accurately understand employment outcomes for CU Boulder graduates. At this time, some departments collect limited information on their graduates immediately before or immediately after graduation. 

In a recent survey, 91 percent of graduates from CU Boulder report that they are currently employed and/or in further education. Those employed reported the following median full-time annual salaries:

 

$50,000

Bachelor’s

 

$73,000

Master’s

 

$64,000

PhD

Minimum Wage

Effective January 1, 2023

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