University of Colorado Boulder: Rankings, Courses & Admissions

Accreditation, Number of Students and Faculties

The Higher Learning Commission has accredited CU Boulder since 1913. (HLC). As an HLC-accredited institution, we have a responsibility to assess and evaluate the education we provide, as well as our mission, integrity, ethics, teaching and learning, resources, planning, and institutional effectiveness. We also have a responsibility to be transparent about how well and how our university achieves its objectives. HLC-accredited institutions, like CU Boulder, participate in a decennial process that is centred on quality control and institutional development in the context of HLC's Criteria for Accreditation.

University Campus, Facilities, Labs and Courses

CU Charles Klauder, an architect, created Boulder's distinctive architectural design, known as Tuscan Vernacular Revival. The university's earliest structures, including Old Main (1876) and Macky Auditorium (1923), were designed by Klauder in the same Collegiate Gothic architectural style as many East Coast colleges. These early plans were authorised in 1919. The largest geotechnical centrifuge in the country, as well as ion-implantation and microwave propagation facilities, spectrometers, electron and other microscopes, and a structural analysis facility, are all located in the Engineering Center on the north-east side of campus. On the northern side of the University of Colorado campus, close to 17th Street and University Avenue, is a sizable structure called Macky Auditorium that hosts a variety of lectures, plays, and musical acts. Colorado Governor Lee Knous proclaimed in 1947 that the University of Colorado Boulder would become the site of a memorial to the state's veterans. A remarkable fundraising effort was launched in response to a suggestion that this memorial be housed in a student union building. In October 1953, the University Memorial Center (UMC) officially opened its doors under the auspices of President Robert Stearns.

Streams, Number of Courses and Other Offerings

The Honours Program at CU is open to those looking for a challenge in their academic careers. The Honours Program was established in 1931 and is currently open to the top ten percent of entering freshmen and undergraduate participants with a 3.3 GPA or higher (on a 4.0 scale). Each semester, the programme offers more than 40 honour classes, all of which have a maximum enrolment of 15 students and are taught by tenure-track or tenured professors. By writing and presenting a thesis during their senior year, honours students can also graduate with honours, high honours, or highest honours. The Kittredge Honours Program allows the programme to continue into the dorms. A programme at the University of Colorado Boulder for top academics is called the Presidents Leadership Class. 

Highlight streams:

• Master of Business Administration [M.B.A]
• Master of Science [M.S] Computer Science
• Master of Science [M.S] Supply Chain Management
• Master of Laws [L.L.M]
• Master of Arts [M.A] Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

University of Colorado Boulder Acceptance rate

The acceptance rate of University of Colorado Boulder is 84.2%.

Admission Eligibility Criteria

All Majors

• A college GPA of 2.75 or higher is required. 
• High School GPA: 3.58 - 4.00
• SAT Total: 1250 – 1430 (Math and Evidence-Based Reading & Writing)
• ACT Composite: 28 – 33

College of Arts & Sciences

• High School GPA: 3.60 - 4.00
• SAT Total: 1250 – 1420 (Math and Evidence-Based Reading & Writing)
• ACT Composite: 28 – 33

College of Engineering & Applied Science

• High School GPA: 3.89 - 4.00
• SAT Total: 1350 – 1500 (Math and Evidence-Based Reading & Writing)
• ACT Composite: 31 – 34

College of Media, Communication & Information

• High School GPA: 3.46 - 4.00 
• SAT Total: 1210 – 1340 (Math and Evidence-Based Reading & Writing)
• ACT Composite: 28 - 31

Documents, Test and Average Score Required

• Application. First-year applicants apply using the Common Application.
• Essays. Complete the personal essay and two short answer questions listed below. 
• Letter of recommendation. 
• High school or secondary school transcripts. 
• SAT or ACT score.

Popular Courses at University of Colorado Boulder

• Power Electronics. 
• Master of Science in Data Science. 
• Software Architecture Patterns for Big Data. 
• Software Architecture for Big Data. 
• Engineering Management Graduate Certificate. 
• Data Science Foundations: Statistical Inference. 
• Project Management. 
• Real-Time Embedded Systems

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New York Institute of Technology	80.00%	22	Private
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	80.00%	1400	Public
University of Utah	95.00%	392	Public
University of Alabama	59.10%	1200	Public
University of Colorado Boulder	84.20%	317	Public
Golden Gate University	83.00%	622	Private
Florida international University	64.00%	556	Public
University of Delaware	72.30%	131-140	Public
University of California Riverside	65.00%	404	Public
Arkansas State University	63.30%	317	Public
Penn State University	51%	93	Public
University of Connecticut	55.60%	444	Public
George Washington University	49.70%	62	Private
American University	38.70%	750	Private
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	98.00%	440	Public
Binghamton University	60.90%	1200	Public
Lamar University	88.00%	440	Public
University of Kansas	96.00%	369	Public
University of Texas at EL Paso	100.00%	1400	Public
Valparaiso University	93.20%	171-180	Private
Xavier University	84.00%	356	Private
Texas State University	85.00%	389	Public
Adelphi University	77.50%	251-300	Private
Auburn University at Montgomery	92.00%	801-850	Public
Lincoln University	79.80%	372	Public
University of Massachusetts Boston	78.90%	651	Public
Washington State University	85.80%	328	Public
Santa Clara University	54%	140	Private
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	20.40%	52	Public
Berklee College of Music	55%	600	Private