Quality and Reputation
Joining our community means more than simply earning a degree. The value of a CU Boulder education lies in the experience, perspective, connections, and opportunities gained along the way. We work with our students to merge their passions with their skills and create positive, lasting contributions to our local and global communities.
Notable Accomplishments
The University of Colorado Boulder offers more than 100 master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs spanning the arts and sciences, business, education, engineering, law, music, and more. CU Boulder has a long history of educating students from Colorado, the nation, and the world. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni have built a global reputation for high-quality teaching, research, and service to society. Here are some of CU Boulder’s significant accomplishments:
- #22 worldwide for scholarly citations and research impact (Leiden University, 2015)
- #1 public university recipient of NASA research awards
- 87 new companies based on CU Boulder technology since 1994
- 10 Top-25 national rankings (U.S. News & World Report, 2017)
- #18 most entrepreneurial university in the nation (Forbes, 2015)
- 1,276 patents filed and/or issued for CU Boulder inventions since 2006
- 140 license and option agreements granted to businesses in the past 5 years from CU Boulder discoveries
- 53 Ph.D. Fulbright Scholars since 2000
- Located in the #2 most innovative tech hub in the US (Forbes, 2015)
- 50+ years of collaborative partnerships with federal research labs and industry partners along the Front Range
World Reputation
CU Boulder is a world-class, Carnegie-rated Research I university. The university enjoys a global reputation and is included among the top-rated institutions in these, and other, prestigious rankings:
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Center for World University Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Forbes: America's Most Entrepreneurial Universities
U.S. News & World Report: Best Global Universities
U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Colleges
Alumni Network
As the flagship institution of the University of Colorado system, CU Boulder enjoys a network of nearly 300,000 alumni distributed throughout the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.
As a Forever Buff, you’ll be part of a network of people from all over the globe, in all types of careers. The people with whom you connect in graduate school can easily become those who inspire you, partner with you in a business venture, offer you your next big position, or just end up your lifelong friend.
Who can you connect with:
- Owners (15,422)
- Partners (9,376)
- Managers (45,830)
- Directors (30,568)
- Vice Presidents (10,373)
Top companies employing CU Boulder and MSOL students/alumni:
- Apple
- Lockheed Martin
- Microsoft
- NASA
- Oracle
- State of Colorado
- Texas Instruments
- U.S. Government
- Verizon