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University of Colorado Boulder Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Public

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship
Doctor’s degree – professional practice

State Abbreviation

Colorado

REGENT DR AT BROADWAYBOULDER, CO 80309

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$22,532

80%

39585

28

Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

15-Jan

Normal

3.68

1251

CU Boulder is a highly rated public university located in Boulder, Colorado in the Denver Area. It is a large institution with an enrollment of 28,463 undergraduate students. Admissions is somewhat competitive as the CU Boulder acceptance rate is 80%. Popular majors include Business, Psychology, and Computer Science. Graduating 74% of students, CU Boulder alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $39,100.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for University of Colorado Boulder is thirty-eight percent higher than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Metropolitan State University of Denver61.30%
University of Denver58.70%
University of Colorado Denver67.30%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins81.40%