by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Denver was awarded 459 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is natural resources & conservation.
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DU is ranked #126 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when DU held the #144 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
DU is also ranked #3 out of 33 schools in Colorado.
The acceptance rate at University of Denver is a competitive 64%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 24% of students accepted to DU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 700. Math scores were between 590 and 690.
At DU, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Denver is 51%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Denver enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At DU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 67%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,699 undergraduates at DU with 5,362 being full-time and 337 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,307 | $21,285 | $27,767 | $31,039 | $43,344 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of DU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At DU, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $7,865 a year. That adds up to $31,460 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at DU is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for DU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2199 S. University Blvd, Denver, CO 80208 |
| Phone: | 303-871-2000 |
| Website: | www.du.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/uofdenver/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/uofdenver |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & Financial Management | 164 | $55,837 |
| General Psychology | 156 | $29,257 |
| Marketing | 117 | $42,043 |
| International Relations & National Security | 113 | $32,897 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 105 | $40,525 |
| General Biology | 69 | $28,793 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 54 | $57,943 |
| Economics | 51 | $31,689 |
| Political Science & Government | 50 | $34,377 |
| Romance Languages | 47 | $33,712 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 5,710 students took at least one online class at University of Denver. This is a decrease from the 12,279 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,710 | 3,512 |
| 2019-2020 | 12,279 | 4,907 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,623 | 2,551 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,231 | 1,604 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,752 | 1,295 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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