Enrollment

Eligibility & Scheduling Options

The CU Children’s Center prioritizes children of CU Boulder graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff and alumni. Applications from members of the greater Boulder community not affiliated with the campus are considered on a space-available basis. We offer multiple scheduling options to meet the needs of your family. See the monthly tuition tables for more details.

We are now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 school year.

We are currently hiring exceptional teachers and assistants. Contact us at cuchildcare@colorado.edu.

How to Apply

Step 1

Please view our virtual tour.
We would love to show you around! Contact us for an in-person tour of the center.

Step 2

Please let us know of your interest in enrollment by completing our Waitlist Application form.
There is a $60 non-refundable application fee.

Complete the Waitlist Application

Complete the Courtesy Waitlist Application

What is the courtesy waitlist?

The courtesy waitlist form will keep your child on our contact list until June 1, 2023. It allows us to connect with you if we have a space available after we have enrolled currently enrolled families and those formally on our waitlist.

Step 3

We're excited to have your little one learn and grow with us!
When an age-appropriate opening is available, we will email you from the cuchildcare@colorado.edu address.

If we send out an enrollment offer and do not hear back from you within 36 hours, we will then contact the next appropriate family on the waitlist. At this point, families can accept, decline or request to remain on the waitlist for a future start date.
We allow families to alter their preferred start date and defer their enrollment two times. If a family declines for a third time, we will remove the child's name from the waitlist. If the family would like to reapply for the waitlist at a later time, they are welcome to initiate that process.

We strive to keep a balance in our classrooms based on gender and age. We also prioritize siblings of currently enrolled students. As a result, we invite families to come off the waitlist based on the needs of the classrooms and the age child that can best be supported there at a given time.

Once your family indicates your desire to join us at the Center, you will receive an email with the enrollment packet and an offer letter. A “first day at school” is agreed upon. In addition, we will invite you to visit the teacher and classroom with your child on at least two occasions prior to the start date.
These one-hour visits are an enormous benefit to easing the transition of the child into the Center. They also give you a chance to get to know the teacher and share with them information about your child.
You will turn in the completed enrollment packet during the first classroom visit, in addition to a $150 registration fee.

Tuition Rates for 2023-24

Full-Day Monthly Rates

	Community			Staff/Faculty/Alumni			Students
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.	Infants	Toddlers	Preschool	Infants	Toddlers	Preschool	Infants	Toddlers	Preschool
2 Full Days (TR) Tuesdays and Thursdays	$1,080	$955	$853	$1,048	$926	$827	$950	$840	$750
3 Full Days (MWF) Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays	$1,460	$1,293	$1,154	$1,416	$1,254	$1,120	$1,285	$1,138	$1,015
5 Full Days	$2,181	$1,930	$1,723	$2,115	$1,872	$1,671	$1,920	$1,698	$1,516

Other Costs:

Waitlist Application Fee: $60/child
Registration Fee (upon enrollment): $200/child

These fees are non-refundable.

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