University of Colorado Denver

Overview of University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

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The UCD/AMC is a public university founded in 2006. In part due to the large student population, you’ll have a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 to 1. You may have to schedule a time to meet with your professors, but it should still be possible.

If you look it up on a map, you’ll see that the Anschutz Medical Campus is just one small part of a large overall University of Colorado-Denver campus. Even more, the campus is made up of large buildings set close to each other. You’re probably going to need a vehicle to get to all of your classes, especially if they are on opposite sides of the campus.

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CU Denver Acceptance Rate and Admissions

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CU Denver Tuition Cost & Financial Aid

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When you, your parents, and the student financial office discuss the total cost of attendance at UCD/AMC, you may be surprised that the total cost isn’t higher. After all, there is a medical campus included. Your tuition (in-state), books, supplies, room and board, and other various charges come out to $30,154 on average. If you are paying out-of-state tuition, your total cost will be closer to $46,642.

As of a recent academic year, the average net price (the amount remaining after financial aid has kicked in) was $15,865. This final net price is affected by your family’s income because that is how they decide how much financial aid you are eligible for. For the Anschutz Medical Campus, that means that a family earning between $30,001 and $48,000 pays around $12,503 and a family earning between $75,001 and $110,000 pays around $20,353. You can see the vast difference financial aid can make.

About 82% of freshmen students qualify to receive financial aid. About 72% receive grants or scholarships averaging $6,374 and 66% receive an average of $2,779 in institutional grants and scholarships.

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Academics

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As a freshman student, you’re going to have an important decision to make at the end of the year. Will you stay at this university or transfer elsewhere? Other students have done so, because the campus wasn’t what they needed or possibly because they didn’t find the classes or services they wanted. Once you make your decision to stay, you become part of a regularly maintained statistic: the retention rate, which at UCD/AMC is 70%. This is about average, but it lets you know that other students have generally appreciated their time here and that there is a better-than-chance possibility that it will fit what you’re looking for as well.

The 4-year graduation rate is 24%. Many students may find it necessary to stay beyond the four-year point because they attend part-time while working or because they changed majors in the middle of their academic career; the 6-year graduation rate more than doubles to 52%, which is much closer to the national average.

Let’s say you have a situation that makes attending a class on its scheduled days and times impossible. You don’t need to forget about that class, especially if it’s required. Instead, you can request a drop-add form so that you can drop that section and add a section scheduled for evening hours. Or opt for an online (distance learning) option for that one class since many of these are available.

The five most popular degree programs offered are business, management, marketing, and related services; health professions and related programs; social sciences; biological and biomedical sciences; and psychology.

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Outcome & Salary

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The day finally arrives. You’ll wear your cap and gown, ready to cross the stage and accept your diploma. Once you graduate, you’ll be ready to work. You can expect your salary to reflect the time you’ve spent working on your degree. A graduate from the Medical Campus can expect an average early-career salary of around $53,200 and a mid-career salary of $95,600.

This figure, which is the 4-year cost of education at this school, is important to understand your return on investment: $63,460. Based on the cost of the education and a graduate’s average salary, your 10-year salary earnings potential may be $717,470 and your 20-year earnings potential may be around $1,673,460. Once you subtract your cost of education, your 10-year projected ROI becomes $654,000 and your 20-year ROI is $1,610,000.

Contrast this with a high school graduate’s average earnings: their national average salary is $38,792. Their 10-year projected income is $387,920 and their 20-year projected income is $775,840.

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