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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:
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36% ethnic minority
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Average entering ACT score: Composite: 22.2; English: 21.9; Math: 22.2
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Average entering SAT score: Math: 543; Verbal: 537
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Average high school GPA: 3.27
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Rank in graduating high school class: 13.3% ranked in the top 10th of graduating class; 37.2% ranked in the top quarter of graduating class.
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95% in-state; 5% out-of-state residents
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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
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
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