The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is a public, coeducational institution on two campuses in the greater metropolitan Denver area.
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Overview
Total Enrollment (Fall 2012):
- 17,965 students
- 57% undergraduate
- 43% graduate/professional
- 75% full time
- 15% out-of-state residents
- 7% international students
Programs: More than 130 study programs in 13 schools and colleges
Degrees:
- bachelor's
- master's
- doctoral
- first professional
We award more graduate degrees than any other Colorado institution―one third of all graduate degrees in the state (FY2010-11).
Research Funding: More than $421 million in sponsored research (FY2010-11)
Alumni:
- 114,857 (as of FY2012)
- 67% live in Colorado
Denver Campus
Location: Downtown Denver (Speer Boulevard and Larimer Street)
Enrollment (Fall 2012):
- 14,271
- 9,766 Undergraduate
- 4,505 graduate
The Denver Campus awards more graduate degrees than any other institution in Colorado (1,818 in FY2011-12).
Diverse Population:
- 34% of undergraduates are students of color
- 28% of overall enrollment are students of color
- 47% of new freshmen are students of color
Average entering ACT score:
- 23.0 Composite
- 23.2 English
- 22.6 Math
Average entering SAT score:
- 539 Math
- 545 Verbal
- 1,079 Total
Average high school GPA:
Schools and Colleges:
Most-enrolled Undergraduate Degree Programs: Biology, Business, Music, Psychology
Most-enrolled Graduate Degree Programs: Masters' of Business Administration, Curriculum and Instruction (Education), Public Administration
Anschutz Medical Campus
Location: Aurora (Peoria Street and Colfax Avenue)
Enrollment (Fall 2012):
- 3,694 students
- 487 undergraduate
- 3,207 graduate and first professional
Diverse Population:
Schools and Colleges
Anschutz Health and Wellness Center: Offers state-of-the-art research, education and personalized wellness services in one facility.
114 new companies: Resulting from researcher inventions since 1992—ultimately leading to more than $5.6 billion in financing.
Points of Pride
Onlys and Firsts
- Only architecture school in Colorado and one of the largest in the U.S.
- Only dental school in Colorado
- First nurse practitioner and school nurse programs in the U.S. (1965)
- First liver transplant in the world at the School of Medicine
- The new J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities at the CU Denver Business School is the first of its kind to provide comprehensive research and education in commodities such as energy, minerals and agriculture.
Rankings
From U.S. News & World Report, 2013 edition of Best Graduate Schools
School of Medicine
- Primary care–#5
- Family medicine–#3
- Pediatrics–#5
- Rural medicine–#8
College of Nursing
- Overall–#15
- Pediatric nurse practitioner–#5
- Family nurse practitioner–#16
- Nurse Midwifery program-#13
School of Public Affairs
- Overall–#29
- Environmental policy and management–#10
- Nonprofit management–#14
- Public administration–#24
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Business School
- Healthcare management–#32
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Education & Human Development