Regent Administration Center, Room 125, 552 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0552
General Information
Type: Public institution
Year Founded: 1876
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 25,842
Geographical Setting: Urban
Endowment: $247,484,416
Admissions
Application Fee: $50
Application Deadline: January 15
Selectivity: More selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $5,643 in-state, 22,989 out-of-state
Room/Board: $8,300
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial Services Offered: N/A
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, other
Careers
Career Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: 57%
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Deloitte & Touche, Lockheed Martin, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Peace Corps, Teach for America, Ball Aerospace, Boulder Valley School District, Eco Cycle, Dell Computer, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, IBM, JD Edwards, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Instr
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 3,554,826
Number of current serial subscriptions: 26,152
Number of microforms: 6,802,839
Number of audiovisuals: 450,928
Number of ebooks: N/A
Other library facilities: Five branch libraries. Collections include human rights, medieval manuscripts, women’s history (including women poets of the romantic period), western historical (including Gary Hart papers), and the Tippit Photobook Collection.
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: Art galleries, natural history museum, heritage center, observatory, planetarium and science center, electron microscope, outdoor theater, video interactive foreign language laboratory, mountain research station, centrifuge, a hands-on teaching and learning laboratory for engineering, a multipurpose cultural/athletics/educational events and conference center, a premier concert hall, and an innovative multi-disciplinary IT center, which will soon have its own 34M, 66,000 square foot building in the center of campus, fall 2006.
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 2,300
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 15
Classrooms: 70
Labs: 50
Other areas: 20
Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 4,000
Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 22%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 7%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 9%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: N/A
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 22%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – Yes
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms, sorority housing, apartments for married students, apartment for single students, special housing for disabled students, other housing options
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 15%
Doubles: 50%
Triples or Suites: 4%
Apartments: 31%
Other: 0%
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 23
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: 100%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 600 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): Denver International Airport (42), Colorado Springs (106)
Nearest train station: Denver (27)
Nearest bus station: Boulder (1)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 20%
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 14%
Average undergraduate wage: 3,200
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Offered on campus
Navy ROTC Offered on campus
Air Force ROTC: Offered on campus
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited
Campus
Most popular events: Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the CU Opera, football, the International Festival, the Conference on World Affairs, Theatre productions, speakers brought to campus by organizations such as the Women’s Resource Center and the Cultural Events Board.