Founded in 1876 in Boulder at the base of the Rocky Mountains, the University of Colorado at Boulder now sits on 1,094 acres of land (308 acres of land in unincorporated Boulder County was recently added to the existing 786 acres).
CU-Boulder summarized…
Location
- CU-Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative was launched in 2005 to help Colorado become a global leader in transforming the way energy is produced and utilized. The campus is poised to lead in the discovery and implementation of economically viable sources of renewable energy.
- All residence halls have direct, fast Internet access via 100MB Internet connections, and over 100 "smart" classrooms have Internet connections and multimedia facilities.
Majors
- 85 majors at the bachelor’s level
- 61 at the master's level
- 48 at the doctoral level
Courses
- 3,400 courses in about 150 fields of study
Research
- CU-Boulder is the only research institution in the world to have designed and built space instruments for NASA that have been launched to every planet in the solar system.
- Received $265.5 million in sponsored research awards for the 2006 fiscal year, an increase of more than $100 million over the last decade. NASA and its affiliates funded most of the awards - $48.9 million, followed by the Department of Health and Human Services - $43 million and the National Science Foundation - $39.7 million.
- Has about 90 research centers, institutes and laboratories focusing on subjects from entrepreneurship to natural hazards.
Awards
- One of 34 US public research universities invited to join the prestigious Association of American Universities.
- Ranked fourth in a review of the 50 most architecturally successful campuses in the country
- Ranked 34th among the nation’s top 50 public national universities offering doctoral programs in its 2007 America's Best Colleges issue by US News and World Report. The rankings were based on factors such as academic reputation, student retention, faculty resources, alumni giving, graduation rate and admissions selectivity.
- Ranked 2nd in Outside magazine’s 40 Best Colleges in 2003. The magazine ranked the top 40 schools that “turn out smart grads with top notch academic credentials, a healthy environmental ethos and an A+ sense of adventure.”
Faculty
- Has approximately 1,250 full time instructional faculty, with 91% holding a doctorate or terminal degree.
- The student to faculty ratio is approximately 14 to 1.
Alumni
- Boasts notable alumni including Academy Award-winning actor and director Robert Redford, sports reporter Jim Gray, US Supreme Court Justice Byron White, Big Band trombonist Glenn Miller and most notably South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (just kidding Byron)
Stats
- 46.9% (13,565) are women
- 53.1% (15,377) are men
- 84.6% (24,484) are undergraduates
- 15.4% (4,458) are graduate students
- 68.6% (19,856) are Colorado residents
- 31.4% (9,086) are non residents
- 14.4% (4,177) are minorities