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Essential Facts

UC Denver by the numbers


 

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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Total Enrollment:

  • 29,000+ students served annually in Denver, Aurora and online
  • 15,680 students enrolled in fall 2007
  • 55% undergraduate
  • 35% graduate
  • 10% first professional
  • 63% full time
  • 9% out-of-state residents
  • 4% international students

Programs: More than 132 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.

Research Funding: More than $386 million in sponsored research

Alumni:

  • 86,093
  • 67% live in Colorado

The Denver Campus

Location: Auraria Campus (Speer Boulevard and Auraria Parkway)

Enrollment:

  • 12,726
  • 8,188 Undergraduate
    • 46% male, 54% female
  • 4,538 Graduate
    • 43% male, 57% female

Diverse Population:

  • 28.7% undergraduate ethnic minority
  • 12.5% graduate ethnic minority

New Freshmen:

  • 41% ethnic minority

Average entering ACT score:

  • 22.0 Composite
  • 21.7 English
  • 21.6 Math

Average entering SAT score:

  • 540 Math
  • 542 Verbal

Average high school GPA:

  • 3.3

Top Undergraduate Majors: biology, business, psychology

The Anschutz Medical Campus

Location: I-225 and Colfax in Aurora

Enrollment:

  • 2,954
  • 430 Undergraduate
    • 10% male, 90% female
  • 1,026 Graduate
    • 27% male, 73% female
  • 1,498 First Professional
    • 41% male, 59% female

Diverse Population:

  • 17% ethnic minority

U.S. News & World Report

America's Best Graduate Schools, 2009 (If otherwise noted, it is the most recent year ranked)

  • Health Disciplines
    • Clinical nurse specialist, adult/medical-surgical–#6
    • Nurse-midwifery (2007)–#12
    • Nurse practitioner:
      • Adult–#8
      • Family–#5
      • Pediatric–#3
    • Nursing, MS (2007)–#15
    • Pharmacy, PharmD (2008)–#23
    • Physician Assistant, MS, PhD (2007)–#8
  • Schools of Medicine
    • Primary care–#4
    • Research–#27
    • Specialties:
      • Family medicine–#6
      • Pediatrics–#11
      • AIDS–#18
  • Public Affairs (School of)–#32
  • The Sciences:
    • Biological sciences- Graduate School, AMC (2007)–#48

The Princeton Review

Best Western Colleges, Best in the West, 2008

American Institute of Architects

Best Practices in Mentoring (one of three), 2005: College of Architecture and Planning

Modern Healthcare

Top Business Graduate Schools for Physician-Executives (2007)–#5