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• Profile
• Downtown Campus Attributes
• Downtown Bragging Rights
• Health Sciences Attributes
• Health Sciences Bragging Rights

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

14,897 students enrolled in Fall 2005 at downtown Denver and Health Sciences Center

• 53% undergraduate
• 38% graduate
• 9% first professional
• 63% full-time
• 7% 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:

More than $360 million in sponsored research

Alumni:

79,866 (66% live in Colorado)

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Downtown Campus Attributes

Location:

On Auraria campus at Speer Boulevard and Auraria Parkway

Enrollment:

• Undergraduate: 7,446
• Graduate: 4,605
• 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
• School of Public Affairs

Student-faculty ratio:

15:1

Incoming:

• Freshmen: 790
• Transfers: 1,119

Diverse population:

• 22% ethnic minority
• Undergraduate: 27%
• 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 10th 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:

Undergraduates come from 48 states and 33 countries

Top undergraduate majors:

biology, business, psychology

Employment:

After one year, 87% of survey respondents are employed

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Downtown Bragging Rights:

U.S. News & World Report

America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007, 2006 Sciences: PhD programs ranked best by Deans/Department Chairs—Biological Sciences, #56

Health Administration MBA, #6

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

School of Public Affairs, #35

The Princeton Review

America’s Best Value Colleges, 2007 Best Western Colleges, Best in the West, 2007

Entrepreneur

The Business School Entrepreneurship Program, one of top 50 regional programs

Modern Physician

Health Administration MBA, #6

America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2005

College of Architecture and Planning Landscape Architecture Design, #5 in the West

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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:

• 2,846
• Undergraduate: 422
• Graduate: 1,013
• First Professional: 1,411
• Undergraduate: 9% male, 91% female
• Graduate: 25% male, 75% female
• 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:

17% 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.

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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

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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