University of Colorado Denver

Did you know

About Denver...

• Denver is one of only two cities in America with eight professional sports teams
• Median household income in the Metro Denver area is 15.6 percent higher than the national median income.
• Aurora, home of the Anschutz Medical Campus, was designated All-America City in 2008.
• Colfax Avenue (which happens to link our two campuses) is the longest continuous street in America.
• The 13th step of the state Capitol building is exactly one mile above sea level.
• Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in city limits and 20,000 acres of parkland in the nearby mountains.
• A golf ball flies on average ten percent farther in Colorado than other states because of the altitude.
• Colorado has more microbreweries per capita than any other state.