Engineering Graduate Student Life
Where Our Students Live

- Boulder - 76%
- Denver - 5%
- Broomfield - 5%
- Westminster - 3%
- Longmont - 3%
- Arvada - 2%
- Louisville - 2%
- Superior - 2%
- Lafayette - 1%
- Aurora - 1%
How Does Boulder's Cost of Living Compare?
As of November 2022, the average rent for a non-university one-bedroom apartment in Boulder is $1,800/month. Check out how that compares to some of our peer institutions:
- California Institute of Technology - $3,106
- Columbia University - $3,860
- Georgia Institute of Technology - $1,134
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - $3,060
- Northwestern University - $1,195
- Stanford University - $6,205
- University of California Berkeley - $2,750
- UCLA and University of Southern California - $2,410
- UC San Diego - $2,500
- University of Michigan - $1,912
- University of Texas Austin - $1,619
- University of Washington - $2,324