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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO · Public · 31,939 students · mostly bachelor degrees
52nd-cheapest of 69 Colorado colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$25,346
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$37,684
Graduation rate
74%
Admission rate
78%
Median graduate earnings
$69,738
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,500
Average SAT
1357
Median ACT
28
Pell grant recipients
14%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
226 programsElectrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree233 grads/yr$170,375Computer Science · Master's Degree162 grads/yr$148,463Engineering, General · Master's Degree68 grads/yr$146,964Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree309 grads/yr$137,635Management Science · Master's Degree93 grads/yr$125,007Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree483 grads/yr$121,952Astronautical Engineering · Master's Degree157 grads/yr$120,144Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree218 grads/yr$116,350Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree111 grads/yr$115,960Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree$115,181Law · First Professional Degree171 grads/yr$109,411Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree28 grads/yr$107,618Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$100,631Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree41 grads/yr$98,355Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$95,780Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$94,960Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree262 grads/yr$93,073Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree99 grads/yr$90,635Architectural Engineering · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$89,797Biochemical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$89,262Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree1,201 grads/yr$86,441Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$82,020Environmental Science · Master's Degree103 grads/yr$81,568Physics, General · Bachelor's Degree82 grads/yr$75,764Public Relations/Image Management · Bachelor's Degree411 grads/yr$74,779
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.