University of Colorado Boulder Graduate Programs
University of Colorado Boulder (referred to as CU Boulder) is a Public, 4-years school located in Boulder, CO. CU Boulder graduate schools offer through Master's, Doctorate programs.
The 2023 tuition & fees at University of Colorado Boulder is $17,462 for Colorado residents and $38,020 for out-of-state students when a student take courses regularly (18 to 21 credit hours per semester). The graduate tuition per credit hour is $847 for Colorado residents and $1,945 for out-of-state students for part-time students. Total 8,551 students have enrolled in graduate programs and, among enrolled students2,084 students enrolled online exclusively.
Graduate Program Key Facts
Tuition & Fees | $17,462 Residents $38,020 out-of-state |
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Graduate Population | 8,551 |
Online Graduate Population | 2,084 |
Student to Faculty Ratio | 18 to 1 |
Offered Graduate Degrees | Master's, Doctorate |
University of Colorado Boulder is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1913 - Current [Estimated Date]).
Graduate Programs, Number of Completers
CU Boulder offers Master's, Doctorate degrees through 136 gradaute programs. Last year, total 2,341 students have earned their degrees/certificate through graduate programs at CU Boulder. Next tables summarize the offered graduate major programs and its sub-programs at CU Boulder.
Master's
Program | Number of Programs | Number of Completers |
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Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | 1 | 85 |
Environmental Studies | 1 | 85 |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] | 1 | 1 |
Russian Studies | 1 | 1 |
Communication and Journalism [+] | 5 | 33 |
Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 1 | 4 |
Mass Communication/Media Studies | 1 | 2 |
Journalism | 1 | 2 |
Journalism (other) | 1 | 7 |
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 1 | 18 |
Computer and Information Sciences [+] | 3 | 73 |
Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 7 |
Information Science/Studies | 1 | 8 |
Computer Science | 1 | 58 |
Education [+] | 7 | 135 |
Multicultural Education | 1 | 55 |
Curriculum and Instruction | 1 | 46 |
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | 1 | 6 |
Learning Sciences | 1 | 0 |
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | 1 | 15 |
Music Teacher Education | 1 | 12 |
Education (other) | 1 | 1 |
Engineering [+] | 11 | 520 |
Applied Engineering | 1 | 64 |
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | 1 | 131 |
Architectural Engineering | 1 | 17 |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 1 | 10 |
Chemical Engineering | 1 | 25 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 39 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 1 | 97 |
Telecommunications Engineering | 1 | 13 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 1 | 16 |
Materials Engineering | 1 | 20 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 88 |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] | 6 | 43 |
Linguistics | 1 | 17 |
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 1 | 9 |
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 1 | 3 |
French Language and Literature | 1 | 1 |
Spanish Language and Literature | 1 | 7 |
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 1 | 6 |
Legal Studies [+] | 1 | 25 |
Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 1 | 25 |
English Language and Literature [+] | 2 | 20 |
English Language and Literature | 1 | 12 |
Creative Writing | 1 | 8 |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] | 4 | 24 |
Biochemistry | 1 | 1 |
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1 | 1 |
Physiology | 1 | 13 |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 1 | 9 |
Mathematics and Statistics [+] | 2 | 37 |
Mathematics | 1 | 11 |
Applied Mathematics | 1 | 26 |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | 2 | 7 |
Museology/Museum Studies | 1 | 4 |
Computational Science | 1 | 3 |
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] | 2 | 15 |
Philosophy | 1 | 7 |
Religion/Religious Studies | 1 | 8 |
Physical Sciences [+] | 5 | 63 |
Astrophysics | 1 | 2 |
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | 1 | 5 |
Chemistry | 1 | 9 |
Geology/Earth Science | 1 | 9 |
Physics | 1 | 38 |
Psychology [+] | 2 | 18 |
Psychology | 1 | 15 |
Educational Psychology | 1 | 3 |
Social Sciences [+] | 5 | 42 |
Anthropology | 1 | 5 |
Economics | 1 | 10 |
Geography | 1 | 10 |
Political Science and Government | 1 | 10 |
Sociology | 1 | 7 |
Visual and Performing Arts [+] | 5 | 55 |
Dance | 1 | 3 |
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts | 1 | 4 |
Fine/Studio Arts | 1 | 12 |
Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 1 | 4 |
Music Performance | 1 | 32 |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | 1 | 33 |
Communication Sciences and Disorders | 1 | 33 |
Business [+] | 8 | 501 |
Business Administration and Management | 1 | 161 |
Organizational Leadership | 1 | 120 |
Accounting | 1 | 59 |
Finance | 1 | 38 |
Management Science | 1 | 23 |
Business Statistics | 1 | 66 |
Real Estate | 1 | 18 |
Taxation | 1 | 16 |
History [+] | 1 | 7 |
History | 1 | 7 |
Total | 74 | 1,737 |
Doctorate (Research)
Program | Number of Programs | Number of Completers |
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Natural Resources and Conservation [+] | 1 | 8 |
Environmental Studies | 1 | 8 |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+] | 1 | 4 |
Comparative Group Studies | 1 | 4 |
Communication and Journalism [+] | 3 | 8 |
Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 1 | 3 |
Mass Communication/Media Studies | 1 | 3 |
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | 1 | 2 |
Computer and Information Sciences [+] | 2 | 23 |
Information Science/Studies | 1 | 3 |
Computer Science | 1 | 20 |
Education [+] | 6 | 9 |
Education | 1 | 0 |
Multicultural Education | 1 | 2 |
Curriculum and Instruction | 1 | 4 |
Educational Evaluation and Research | 1 | 1 |
Learning Sciences | 1 | 0 |
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | 1 | 2 |
Engineering [+] | 10 | 144 |
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | 1 | 44 |
Architectural Engineering | 1 | 5 |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 1 | 2 |
Chemical Engineering | 1 | 13 |
Civil Engineering | 1 | 13 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 1 | 20 |
Telecommunications Engineering | 1 | 4 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 1 | 11 |
Materials Engineering | 1 | 14 |
Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 18 |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] | 6 | 7 |
Linguistics | 1 | 2 |
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 1 | 0 |
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 1 | 0 |
French Language and Literature | 1 | 4 |
Spanish Language and Literature | 1 | 0 |
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 1 | 1 |
English Language and Literature [+] | 1 | 9 |
English Language and Literature | 1 | 9 |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] | 5 | 33 |
Biochemistry | 1 | 11 |
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5 |
Physiology | 1 | 5 |
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 1 | 12 |
Neuroscience | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and Statistics [+] | 2 | 24 |
Mathematics | 1 | 8 |
Applied Mathematics | 1 | 16 |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | 1 | 0 |
Cognitive Science | 1 | 0 |
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] | 1 | 4 |
Philosophy | 1 | 4 |
Physical Sciences [+] | 7 | 75 |
Astrophysics | 1 | 8 |
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | 1 | 5 |
Chemistry | 1 | 16 |
Chemical Physics | 1 | 1 |
Geology/Earth Science | 1 | 7 |
Geophysics and Seismology | 1 | 2 |
Physics | 1 | 36 |
Psychology [+] | 2 | 11 |
Psychology | 1 | 8 |
Educational Psychology | 1 | 3 |
Social Sciences [+] | 5 | 37 |
Anthropology | 1 | 6 |
Economics | 1 | 12 |
Geography | 1 | 5 |
Political Science and Government | 1 | 9 |
Sociology | 1 | 5 |
Visual and Performing Arts [+] | 4 | 21 |
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts | 1 | 1 |
Intermedia/Multimedia | 1 | 3 |
Music History, Literature, and Theory | 1 | 4 |
Music Performance | 1 | 13 |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | 1 | 1 |
Communication Sciences and Disorders | 1 | 1 |
Business [+] | 1 | 3 |
Business Administration and Management | 1 | 3 |
History [+] | 1 | 5 |
History | 1 | 5 |
Total | 60 | 426 |
Doctorate (Practice)
Program | Number of Programs | Number of Completers |
---|---|---|
Legal Studies [+] | 1 | 169 |
Law | 1 | 169 |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | 1 | 9 |
Audiology/Audiologist | 1 | 9 |
Total | 2 | 178 |
Tuition & Fees
For academic year 2022-2023, the graduate tuition & fees of CU Boulder are $17,462 for Colorado residents and $38,020 for other students. The tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $847 for Colorado residents and $1,945 for other students for part-time students and/or overloaded credit.
Tuition & Fees | Cost per Credit Hour | |||
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Colorado residents | Out of State | Colorado residents | Out of State | |
2019 | $13,246 | $32,146 | $638 | $1,688 |
2020 | $13,556 | $33,014 | $657 | $1,738 |
2021 | $13,522 | $32,980 | $657 | $1,738 |
2022 | $13,901 | $33,953 | $676 | $1,790 |
2023 | $16,804 | $36,570 | $847 | $1,945 |
2024 | $17,462 | $38,020 | $880 | $2,022 |
Graduate Student Population
At CU Boulder graduate schools, there are total 8,551 graduate students. Among them, 2,084 students have enrolled graduate programs online exclusively. By gender, there are 5,078 men and 3,473 women students at CU Boulder graduate schools. Next table summarizes the graduate student population at CU Boulder.
Total | Male | Female | |
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Total | 8,551 | 5,078 | 3,473 |
American Indian/Native American | 40 | 16 | 24 |
Asian | 543 | 313 | 230 |
Black/African American | 156 | 87 | 69 |
Hispanic | 798 | 442 | 356 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 3 | 1 |
White | 4,422 | 2,487 | 1,935 |
Two More | 312 | 157 | 155 |
Un-Known | 197 | 120 | 77 |