Facts and Figures

  • In fall 2022, the total student headcount enrollment among CU’s four campuses was 66,226. CU Boulder, 36,430; UCCS, 10,812; CU Denver, 14,509; the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, 4,475.
  • CU awarded 17,445 degrees in the 2021-22 fiscal year.
  • In fall 2021, CU had 4,243 tenured/tenure track faculty and 4,581 non-tenure track instructors.
  • In fiscal year 2021-22, CU garnered $1.46 billion in sponsored research awards to conduct research in economic sectors critical to the state and nation, including energy, bioscience, aerospace and health care. 
  • CU's operating budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year totals $5.55 billion. Contracts and grants and tuition and fees account for nearly half of the university's revenues. The majority of CU's budget is spent on instruction, research and health services. This reflects the institution's role as a university that emphasizes classroom instruction, research training and community outreach.
  • CU boasts 513,000 living alumni, more than 300,000 of whom call Colorado their home.
  • CU employs about 36,500 people and is the third-largest employer in the state.
  • Universitywide, awards to students for academic excellence include seven Marshall Scholarships, 79 Fulbright Fellowships, 21 Rhodes Scholars, nine Truman Scholarships, 27 Goldwater Scholarships and seven Udall Scholarships.
  • CU ingenuity has fostered 190 startups in the past 25 years, landing it in the top 5 percentile nationally for university business startups at No. 18 out of 349 reporting institutions. 

Noteworthy honors and awards earned by CU faculty include:

  • Five Nobel Laureates — David Wineland, physics, 2012; John Hall, physics, 2005; Eric Cornell and Carl Wieman, physics, 2001; Thomas Cech, chemistry, 1989
  • Nine MacArthur fellowships; and the Carnegie Foundation’s Professor of the Year awarded to Carl Wieman in 2004 and Steven Pollock, U.S. Professor of the Year 2013-14

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