Enrollment Trends at CU Boulder

The student population at University of Colorado Boulder is 38,799 (32,244 undergraduate and 6,555 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,743 (17.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CU Boulder is 83.11% which is increased by 5,102 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 641 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 114 male students for every 100 female students, down from 126 in 2015.
797 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 132.36% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 37,319 where 38,799 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 41,432 students in 2024 and was lowest at 33,056 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 33,056 to 38,799 students, a net gain of 5,743 (17.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Colorado Boulder since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	33,056	27,142	15,012	12,130	5,914	3,401	2,513
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
2023-24	41,432 1,847	32,105 1,071	17,119 382	14,986 689	9,327 776	5,677 599	3,650 177
2024-25	38,799 -2,633	32,244 139	17,002 -117	15,242 256	6,555 -2,772	3,647 -2,030	2,908 -742
Average	37,319	30,193	16,460	13,733	7,126	4,094	3,031

University of Colorado Boulder Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 30,193 where 32,244 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Colorado Boulder since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	32,105	29,840	15,784	14,056	2,265	1,335	930
2024-25	32,244	28,916	15,175	13,741	3,328	1,827	1,501
Average	30,193	30,193	15,072	12,768	30,193	1,388	965

University of Colorado Boulder Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,126 where 6,555 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Colorado Boulder since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	9,327	4,510	2,430	2,080	4,817	3,247	1,570
2024-25	6,555	4,443	2,356	2,087	2,112	1,291	821
Average	7,126	7,126	1,653	1,421	7,126	2,442	1,610

University of Colorado Boulder Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.72%. The percentage was 68.99% 10 years ago and CU Boulder still has a high percentage of white students. 6.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.99% to 64.72%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.03% to 6.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.57% to 1.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.81% to 12.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5560 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5100 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Colorado Boulder over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	89	2,629	800	5,204	40	26,379	2,495
2024-25	85	2,373	719	5,027	39	25,110	2,527
Average	85	2,128	630	4,407	31	24,578	2,045

University of Colorado Boulder Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

797 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 132.36% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Colorado Boulder from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	41,432	4,146	12,381	24,905
2024-25	38,799	797	14,197	23,805
Average	37,319	2,740	9,645	24,935

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Enrollment Trends at CU Boulder

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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