Enrollment Trends at CU Boulder

The student population at University of Colorado Boulder is 39,585 (31,034 undergraduate and 8,551 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 7,640 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CU Boulder is 78.40% which is increased by 5,093 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,547 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.81 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

3,156 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 628.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 35,396 where 39,585 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.40% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.60% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,093 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,547 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.81 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in CU Boulder than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Colorado Boulder since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	31,945	25,941	14,017	11,924	6,004	3,481	2,523
2013-14	32,017 72	26,096 155	14,306 289	11,790 -134	5,921 -83	3,365 -116	2,556 33
2014-15	32,432 415	26,557 461	14,796 490	11,761 -29	5,875 -46	3,326 -39	2,549 -7
2015-16	33,056 624	27,142 585	15,012 216	12,130 369	5,914 39	3,401 75	2,513 -36
2016-17	33,977 921	27,901 759	15,541 529	12,360 230	6,076 162	3,442 41	2,634 121
2017-18	35,338 1,361	29,056 1,155	16,228 687	12,828 468	6,282 206	3,494 52	2,788 154
2018-19	36,681 1,343	30,159 1,103	16,662 434	13,497 669	6,522 240	3,646 152	2,876 88
2019-20	37,883 1,202	31,098 939	16,963 301	14,135 638	6,785 263	3,804 158	2,981 105
2020-21	37,437 -446	30,307 -791	16,407 -556	13,900 -235	7,130 345	4,062 258	3,068 87
2021-22	39,000 1,563	30,886 579	16,933 526	13,953 53	8,114 984	4,692 630	3,422 354
2022-23	39,585 585	31,034 148	16,737 -196	14,297 344	8,551 437	5,078 386	3,473 51
Average	35,396	28,743	15,782	12,961	6,652	3,799	2,853

University of Colorado Boulder Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 28,743 where 31,034 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Colorado Boulder since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	25,941	23,662	12,757	10,905	2,279	1,260	1,019
2013-14	26,096	23,948	13,092	10,856	2,148	1,214	934
2014-15	26,557	24,344	13,500	10,844	2,213	1,296	917
2015-16	27,142	25,059	13,779	11,280	2,083	1,233	850
2016-17	27,901	25,802	14,310	11,492	2,099	1,231	868
2017-18	29,056	26,977	15,005	11,972	2,079	1,223	856
2018-19	30,159	28,034	15,367	12,667	2,125	1,295	830
2019-20	31,098	28,877	15,616	13,261	2,221	1,347	874
2020-21	30,307	27,703	14,838	12,865	2,604	1,569	1,035
2021-22	30,886	28,463	15,464	12,999	2,423	1,469	954
2022-23	31,034	28,728	15,386	13,342	2,306	1,351	955
Average	28,743	28,743	14,465	12,044	28,743	1,317	917

University of Colorado Boulder Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,652 where 8,551 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Colorado Boulder since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,004	2,436	1,379	1,057	3,568	2,102	1,466
2013-14	5,921	2,294	1,289	1,005	3,627	2,076	1,551
2014-15	5,875	2,331	1,324	1,007	3,544	2,002	1,542
2015-16	5,914	2,435	1,357	1,078	3,479	2,044	1,435
2016-17	6,076	2,584	1,427	1,157	3,492	2,015	1,477
2017-18	6,282	2,679	1,450	1,229	3,603	2,044	1,559
2018-19	6,522	2,696	1,463	1,233	3,826	2,183	1,643
2019-20	6,785	2,758	1,461	1,297	4,027	2,343	1,684
2020-21	7,130	2,816	1,508	1,308	4,314	2,554	1,760
2021-22	8,114	2,906	1,516	1,390	5,208	3,176	2,032
2022-23	8,551	2,909	1,557	1,352	5,642	3,521	2,121
Average	6,652	6,652	1,430	1,192	6,652	2,369	1,661

University of Colorado Boulder Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.64%. The percentage was 73.20% 10 years ago and CU Boulder still has a high percentage of white students. 6.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.77% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Colorado Boulder over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	170	1,606	481	2,652	19	23,383	763
2013-14	117	1,550	517	2,878	24	23,031	1,043
2014-15	107	1,617	512	3,042	24	22,878	1,236
2015-16	101	1,662	518	3,244	21	22,804	1,365
2016-17	88	1,743	530	3,511	23	22,847	1,522
2017-18	87	1,854	564	3,880	22	23,412	1,713
2018-19	76	1,931	559	4,223	29	24,267	1,945
2019-20	78	2,085	592	4,555	34	24,989	2,103
2020-21	79	2,153	646	4,690	28	24,867	2,189
2021-22	80	2,367	671	4,886	36	25,520	2,253
2022-23	90	2,478	702	4,849	35	25,589	2,342
Average	98	1,913	572	3,855	27	23,962	1,679

University of Colorado Boulder Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,156 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 628.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Colorado Boulder from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	32,432	433	2,382	29,617
2015-16	33,056	343	2,392	30,321
2016-17	33,977	633	2,282	31,062
2017-18	35,338	696	1,976	32,666
2018-19	36,681	1,053	2,234	33,394
2019-20	37,883	1,319	2,881	33,683
2020-21	37,437	11,072	23,176	3,189
2021-22	39,000	4,180	24,299	10,521
2022-23	39,585	3,156	10,627	25,802
Average	36,154	2,543	8,028	25,584

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