Graduate School Tuition at University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is a four-year, public school located in Boulder, CO.
It offers 145 graduate programs - 79 Master's, and 66 Doctorate.
The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $17,462 for Colorado residents and $38,020 for others. A total of 9,327 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 41,432 students at CU Boulder.
CU Boulder offers online graduate programs and 3,037 out of 9,327 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
CU Boulder have a law school and medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law and University of Colorado School of Medicine. In addition, you can find CU Boulder's health profession programs at health professions information page.

Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $17,462 for Colorado residents and $38,020 for out-of-state students. It offers 145 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of Colorado Boulder
TypeFour-year, Public
AddressRegent Drive at Broadway, Boulder, CO
Graduate School Students8,551 students
3,037 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$17,462
Out-of-State$38,020
Student to Faculty19:1 (5.26%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 145 Graduate Programs
79 Master's, 66 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at University of Colorado Boulder

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Colorado Boulder with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Colorado residents, the tuition & fees are $17,462 and $38,020 for non-Colorado residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $881 for Colorado residents and $2,023 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$15,849$36,407
Fees$1,613$1,613
Cost per Credit$881$2,023
Books & Supplies$1,200
Room & Board$16,950 (On-Campus) / $15,470 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,104 (On-Campus) / $3,104 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$38,716$59,274
Off-Campus Total$37,236$57,794
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$13,556$13,522$13,901$16,804$17,462
Out-of-State$33,014$32,980$33,953$36,570$38,020

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Colorado Boulder offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 145 major areas - 79 Master's (5 online programs), 66 Doctorate. 2,176 students have been conferred Master's degree and 597 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total2,176597--
Men1,249328--
Women927269--

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Studies103 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Russian Studies5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mass Communication/Media Studies3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Journalism10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Journalism (other)1ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Artificial Intelligence9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Science/Studies14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science162 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Multicultural Education57 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Curriculum and Instruction30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Learning Sciences4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Teacher Education8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Education (other)5ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Applied Engineering68 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering157 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural Engineering19 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering20 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering41 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering186 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Telecommunications Engineering47 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering29 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering111 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biochemistry1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physiology14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics35 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Museology/Museum Studies6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational Science105 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography and Environmental Studies6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Parks, Recreation and Leisure StudiesONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Religion/Religious Studies4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astrophysics17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics34 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Dance5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Documentary Production NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Fine/Studio Arts7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance36 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management197 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Organizational Leadership112ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Accounting56 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business/Corporate CommunicationsONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Finance27 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Statistics72 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Real Estate6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Taxation11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Comparative Group StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mass Communication/Media Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Digital Communication and Media/MultimediaNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Information Science/Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multicultural Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Curriculum and Instruction NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Evaluation and ResearchNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Learning Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Telecommunications Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biological/Biosystems EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
NeuroscienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Applied Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Cognitive ScienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography and Environmental Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astrophysics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical PhysicsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geophysics and SeismologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Intermedia/MultimediaNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music History, Literature, and TheoryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LawNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

CU Boulder graduate schools have a total of 8,551 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 5,078 male and 3,473 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 2,909 full-time and 5,642 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 3,037 students enrolled through online exclusively and 882 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 4,422 White, 156 Black, and 543 Asian students are attending at University of Colorado Boulder. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

166 grad students are younger than 22 and 969 students are older than 65. It has 5,957 students aged between 22 and 30 and 2,235 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total8,551
Men5,078
Women3,473
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total8,551
Full-time Students2,909
Part-time Students5,642
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total8,551
American Indian /
Native American
40
Asian543
Black156
Hispanic798
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
4
White4,422
Two or more races312
Un-Known197
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total8,551
21 & Under166
22-242,450
25-293,507
30-341,501
35-39734
40 & Over969

Online Population

At University of Colorado Boulder graduate schools, 3,037 students enrolled online exclusively and 882 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment9,327
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses3,037
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses882
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses5,408
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses3,037
Colorado Resident821
Other State In U.S.1,658
Outside of U.S.558
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