Degree Programs Overview

University of Colorado Boulder offers 220 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate programs. Of that, 5 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

A total of 9,540 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at CU Boulder. 6,802 students completed bachelor's programs and 2,150 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at CU Boulder. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
Total ProgramsOnline ProgramsCompleters
TotalMenWomen
Bachelor's75NOT OFFERED6,8023,5783,224
Master's7952,1501,230920
Doctor's66NOT OFFERED588322266

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from University of Colorado Boulder. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

The Computer Engineering program has the highest salary ($86,676) after graduation and the Computer Science program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $85,563 average salary.

Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Computer Engineering $86,676$7,223$23,338$247
Computer Science $85,563$7,130$19,687$209
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering $83,132$6,928$19,221$204
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $82,513$6,876$24,500$260
Architectural Engineering $79,544$6,629$14,500$154
Chemical Engineering $77,440$6,453$23,650$251
Mechanical Engineering $71,595$5,966$18,958$201
Biochemical Engineering $71,035$5,920$15,516$164
Civil Engineering $69,518$5,793$19,318$205
Business Administration, Management and Operations $64,934$5,411$20,500$217
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering $64,819$5,402$20,836$221
Economics $56,788$4,732$15,630$166
Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Engineering, General $121,033$10,086--
Computer Science $108,458$9,038--
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $97,860$8,155$41,000$466
Mechanical Engineering $92,272$7,689$41,000$466
Business Administration, Management and Operations $87,258$7,272$41,000$466
Accounting and Related Services $75,271$6,273--
Civil Engineering $72,020$6,002--
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education $58,690$4,891--
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services $53,010$4,418$68,085$774
Curriculum and Instruction $50,629$4,219--
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services $39,612$3,301--
Music $35,947$2,996$41,000$466
Doctoral Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of StudyAverage Salary (2020)Average Loan Debt
YearlyMonthlyYearlyMonthly
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering $118,373$9,864--
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services $85,039$7,087--
Music $46,086$3,841$33,336$379

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at University of Colorado Boulder.

At the school, the Business Administration and Management Bachelor program has the most completers of 1,201 and the Psychology Bachelor program has the second most completers of 524 students.

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Environmental StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 194103 11 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Environmental Design/ArchitectureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 129NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Asian Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Russian StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 45 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Ethnic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 20NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Women's StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Comparative Group StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Speech Communication and RhetoricNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1561 3 NOT OFFERED
Mass Communication/Media StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 403 11 NOT OFFERED
JournalismNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6110 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Journalism (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED1ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/MultimediaNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 64NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4119 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Artificial IntelligenceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information Science/StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4414 5 NOT OFFERED
Computer ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 472162 24 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Multicultural EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED57 2 NOT OFFERED
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED30 1 NOT OFFERED
Higher Education/Higher Education AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational Evaluation and ResearchNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED
Learning SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED4 1 NOT OFFERED
Social and Philosophical Foundations of EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED11 1 NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 71NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 108 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Education (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED5ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 26NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Applied EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED68 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 218157 22 NOT OFFERED
Architectural EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3119 1 NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1011 1 NOT OFFERED
Chemical EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4420 19 NOT OFFERED
Civil EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5041 8 NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 28186 22 NOT OFFERED
Telecommunications EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED47 0 NOT OFFERED
Engineering Physics/Applied PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 29NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5129 2 NOT OFFERED
Materials EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED18 6 NOT OFFERED
Mechanical EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 262111 23 NOT OFFERED
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 0 NOT OFFERED
Biochemical EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 62NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological/Biosystems EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Computer EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 54NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Engineering TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED41 4 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2312 2 NOT OFFERED
Comparative LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED8 0 NOT OFFERED
Chinese Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Japanese Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 42 0 NOT OFFERED
French Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 23 0 NOT OFFERED
Italian Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Spanish Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 115 2 NOT OFFERED
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1010 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
LawNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 171 NOT OFFERED
Advanced Legal Research/StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED21 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
English Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 938 1 NOT OFFERED
Creative WritingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
General StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 9NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 19NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
BiochemistryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 661 8 NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1302 9 NOT OFFERED
PhysiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 34514 8 NOT OFFERED
Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1734 17 NOT OFFERED
NeuroscienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 111NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6011 5 NOT OFFERED
Applied MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5135 12 NOT OFFERED
StatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 18NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Museology/Museum StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International/Global StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 105NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Cognitive ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Computational ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED105 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geography and Environmental StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 446 3 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Parks, Recreation and Leisure StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PhilosophyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 425 3 NOT OFFERED
Religion/Religious StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Jewish/Judaic StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
AstronomyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 73NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AstrophysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED17 13 NOT OFFERED
Atmospheric Sciences and MeteorologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1514 5 NOT OFFERED
ChemistryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 325 24 NOT OFFERED
Chemical PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 4 NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 199 4 NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and SeismologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED
PhysicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7734 33 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 52414 16 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Community Organization and AdvocacyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
AnthropologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 505 1 NOT OFFERED
EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 24310 11 NOT OFFERED
Political Science and GovernmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2584 5 NOT OFFERED
SociologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1481 8 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
DanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 105 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre ArtsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 268 3 NOT OFFERED
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Film/Cinema/Video StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 64NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Documentary ProductionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Fine/Studio ArtsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 497 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art History, Criticism and ConservationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 164 0 NOT OFFERED
Intermedia/MultimediaNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
MusicNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 20NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Music History, Literature, and TheoryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Music PerformanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4736 21 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Communication Sciences and DisordersNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5638 0 NOT OFFERED
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED 8 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,201197 9 NOT OFFERED
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED112ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AccountingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED56 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business/Corporate CommunicationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
FinanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED27 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED21 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business StatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 072 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Real EstateNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
TaxationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1,201197 9 NOT OFFERED
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED112ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AccountingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED56 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business/Corporate CommunicationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
FinanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED27 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Management ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED21 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business StatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 072 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Real EstateNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
TaxationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
HistoryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 784 5 NOT OFFERED

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