Profile

University of Colorado Denver:

A public, coeducational institution at three locations in the greater metropolitan Denver area.

 

 

 

Total enrollment: 28,000+ students served annually in Denver and Aurora

15,180 students enrolled in Fall 2006 at downtown Denver and Health Sciences Center

·        55% undergraduate

·        36% graduate

·        9% first professional

·        63% full-time

·        8% out of state residents

·        3% international students

Programs: More than 100 study programs in 12 schools and colleges

Degrees: bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, first professional

We award more graduate degrees than any other Colorado institution.

Research funding:

            Awards, FY 2006-07—$373,300,684

            Expenditures, FY 2006-07 est.—$357,836,863

Alumni: 79,866

66% live in Colorado

Downtown Campus Attributes 

Location: on Auraria campus at Speer Boulevard and Auraria Parkway

Enrollment: 12,325

            Undergraduate: 7,872

            Graduate: 4,453

Undergraduate: 47% male, 53% female

Graduate: 43% male, 57% female

Schools and Colleges:

College of Architecture and Planning

College of Arts & Media

Business School

School of Education & Human Development

College of Engineering and Applied Science

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Graduate School of Public Affairs

Student-faculty ratio: 15:1

Incoming:

Freshmen: 950

Transfers: 1,172

Graduate students: 831

Diverse population: 23% ethnic minority

Undergraduate: 28%

Graduate: 13%

Average age: 27

Undergraduate: 24

            Graduate: 33

New Freshmen:

• 36% ethnic minority

• Average entering ACT score: Composite: 22.2; English: 21.9; Math: 22.2

• Average entering SAT score: Math: 543; Verbal: 537

• Average high school GPA: 3.27

• Rank in graduating high school class: 13.3% ranked in the top 10^th of graduating class; 37.2% ranked in the top quarter of graduating class.

• 95% in-state; 5% out-of-state residents

• 47% work half-time

Student Body:

Students come from 50 states and 125 countries

Top undergraduate majors: biology, business, psychology

Employment: After one year, 87% of survey respondents are employed

Downtown Bragging Rights

U.S. News & World Report

America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007, 2006

School of Education and Human Development: Top Education Programs, #70

Graduate School of Public Affairs, among top 10 public urban universities nationally

The Princeton Review

America’s Best Value Colleges, 2007

Best Western Colleges, Best in the West, 2007

Architecture and Planning

Students won first two international Solar Decathlon competitions, 2002, 2005

Students won national Urban Land Institute Design competition, 2005

Colorado’s sole source for architecture and planning

Business

Largest graduate school of business in Rocky Mountain region

Nationally ranked programs, including one of top 10 executive health MBA programs

Education

Colorado’s largest graduate school of education

Public Affairs

Colorado’s only accredited school authorized to grant MPA, MCJ, PhD in public affairs

Health Sciences Attributes

Locations: Ninth and Colorado in Denver and Fitzsimons in Aurora

State-of-the-art Fitzsimons campus to be completed 2007-08

Enrollment: 2,855

·        Undergraduate: 421

·        Undergraduate: 10% male, 90% female

·        Graduate: 992

·        Graduate: 26% male, 74% female

·        First Professional: 1,442

·        First Professional: 41% male, 59% female

Schools and Colleges:

·        School of Dentistry

·        School of Medicine

·        School of Nursing

·        School of Pharmacy

·        Graduate School

Diverse Population: 16% ethnic minority

Average Age:

Undergraduate: 30

Graduate: 32

First Professional: 27

Employment: After one year, 100% of survey respondents are working in a health-related field.

Health Sciences Bragging Rights

U.S. News & World Report

America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007, 2006

School of Medicine: Top Schools Primary Care, ranked #6 ‘07

School of Medicine: Top Schools Research, ranked #26 ‘07, #30 ‘06

School of Pharmacy: Top Schools Health-Pharmacy, PharmD, ranked #23

Specialties: Med School Deans/Senior Faculty Select Best Programs—Pediatrics, #7

Sciences: PhD programs ranked best by Deans/Department Chairs—Biological Sciences, #56, Health Administration MBA, #6

NIH Funding, 2005

School of Pharmacy

First in percentage of PharmD faculty with NIH funding

Second in percentage of PhD faculty with NIH funding

Third in nation (among 100 pharmacy schools) for individual awards per PhD faculty member

Ninth in the nation for total NIH funding