by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #171 spot. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 15% ranking. CU - Boulder received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, CU - Boulder took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.
CU - Boulder was ranked #165 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
CU - Boulder also ranked #4 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Colorado.
Women make up 43.0% of the total graduate student body at CU - Boulder while men make you 57.0%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 19.6% of the graduate students who attend CU - Boulder are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 15.8% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,168 | $32,220 |
| Fees | $1,733 | $1,733 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from CU - Boulder enter careers with an average starting salary of $67,933. That's good news for those graduates since it is 16% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from CU - Boulder earn an average salary of $58,172 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 23% lower than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for CU - Boulder are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Regent Drive At Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309-0017 |
| Phone: | 303-492-1411 |
| Website: | www.colorado.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/cuboulder |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/cuboulder |
Around 35.5% of CU - Boulder graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 23.0% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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