How to Apply and Send Official Transcripts

Residency is initially determined during the application process, and in most circumstances, your residency classification will affect your tuition rate.

In the event that your residency status changes once you are admitted or at anytime during your studies here at CU Denver, you are encouraged to submit a Residency Petition form to the Office of the Registrar.

A non-refundable $50 application fee must be submitted with your application via PayPal or credit card. You may also mail a check directly to the university. Please make checks payable to University of Colorado Denver and write your name and date of birth on the front of the check.

Mailing Address:

University of Colorado Denver
Office of Admissions
Campus Box 167 PO Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364

*If you qualify for a fee waiver, please have your counselor email a fee waiver request.

• Submit your official or unofficial transcript to complete your application file.
  • To be considered official, request an official high school transcript be mailed from your high school directly to the CU Denver Office of Admissions. A hand-delivered transcript may be considered official only if delivered to the admissions office in the original sealed envelope. Faxed transcripts are unofficial. Electronically delivered transcripts are only accepted from a high school counselor or through Parchment/Docufide, etc., and are considered official when received. A final official high school transcript showing your date of graduation will be required.
• If you did not graduate from high school, request official GED test scores be sent directly from the certifying agency to the CU Denver Office of Admissions.
• Request that Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Test (ACT) scores be sent directly to the CU Denver Office of Admissions (SAT school code – 4875, ACT school code – 0533 (If test scores are posted on your high school transcript, a separate score report does not need to be requested from the testing agency.)

Please note: Applicants are not required to submit ACT or SAT scores. Submitting test scores is optional, and won’t negatively impact your application. Review our FAQ for more information.

Hard Copy Transcripts

To be considered official, transcripts must arrive in the original, sealed envelopes from the school or university.  Please have your transcripts mailed or hand delivered to the address below.

Deadline

Your final official transcript(s) must be submitted to our office no later than two weeks before your current semester start, otherwise a hold will be placed on your account preventing you from registering for the next semester.

Please note: Failure to submit the missing transcript(s) listed above will result in a registration hold on your account. This hold will prevent you from registering for the upcoming semester.

Questions? If you have questions or run into issues sending us your transcript(s), you may contact us at Admissions@UCDenver.edu.

Send Your Scores

Advanced Placement Program | College-Level Examination Program

School Code: 4875

Official AP Score Reports must be sent to CU Denver directly from the College Board.

AP Grade Reports are usually sent in July to the college you designated on your answer sheet, to you, and to your high school. Each report is cumulative and includes grades for all the AP Exams you have ever taken, unless you have requested that one or more grades be withheld from a college or canceled. Visit AP Grade Reporting Services to request official score reports.

International Baccalaureate Program

School Code: 01398

Official IB transcripts are required and must be sent directly from your high school or the International Baccalaureate Program.

IB graduates should send their requests for transcripts to transcripts.ibna@ibo.org.

CLEP Transcripts

Official CLEP Transcripts must be sent to CU Denver directly from the College Board.

If you did not indicate a score recipient institution at the time of your exam and you want to request your CLEP scores, you can do so by ordering a CLEP Transcript. This Transcript is a cumulative score report of all the CLEP exams you have taken and the scores you earned in the last 20 years. To obtain a CLEP Transcript:

• Download the Transcript Request Form
  • This PDF requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (latest version recommended).
• Mail the completed form with your payment to CLEP to the address on the form.
• Or call (800) 257-9558 if ordering with a credit card. Please provide your name (at testing time), date of birth, social security number, exam title(s), test date, testing location/center, and where you want your scores to be sent.

Send test scores and transcripts electronically:

admissionstranscript@ucdenver.edu

Mail test scores and transcripts:

University of Colorado Denver
Office of Admissions
Campus Box 167
PO Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364

Questions? Call 303 315-2601 or email admissions@ucdenver.edu.

If you did not graduate from high school, request official GED test scores be sent directly from the certifying agency to the CU Denver Office of Admissions. CU Denver’s minimum GED consideration threshold is a 145 total score and a 145 in each  of the four content areas.