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University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center- Downtown Denver Campus

Seal of University of Colorado
Established	1912
Endowment	$512 million (systemwide)
Chancellor	M. Roy Wilson
President	Hank Brown
Undergraduates	7,780+
Postgraduates	8,111+
Location	Denver , Colorado , United States
Campus	Urban, 126 acres (3.2 km²)
Website	http://www.cudenver.edu

Background

The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Downtown Denver Campus is a research university in Denver, Colorado. Commonly referred to as CU-Denver, it is part of the University of Colorado system. The university offers more than 100 degrees including undergraduate, graduate, professional and certificates programs. There are more than 100 degree programs in 12 schools and colleges awarding more than 3,400 degrees every year. Currently, nearly 12,000 students are currently enrolled at the UCDHSC - Downtown Denver Campus.

History

In 1912, the University of Colorado established a downtown Denver campus to meet the needs of the city's rapidly expanding population. The downtown Denver campus started as extension courses from Boulder, officially named the University of Colorado's Department of Correspondence and Extension, and it became an official extension center in 1957. This gave the downtown Denver campus the authority to grant degrees. In 1969, the campus had been renamed the University of Colorado-Denver Center and was offering 34 programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The campus offically then became a separate, autonomous campus of CU in 1974; this was also the year when the "formal" University of Colorado at Denver name was created. CU-Denver began sharing space on the Auraria Campus around this time. In July 2004, CU-Denver consolidated with the University of Colorado at Denver and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center- UCDHSC, becoming one single research institute. UCDHSC operates three campus locations: One in downtown Denver at Auraria Campus, one at Ninth and Colorado in Denver and one at the Fitzsimons Campus in Aurora, Colorado. UCDHSC includes more than 27,000 students in its 3 campuses and online.

Campus and Student Life

CU-Denver is located on the Auraria Campus, located to the southwest of downtown Denver in the Auraria Neighborhood. The Auraria Campus contains two additional institues of higher education: Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Community College of Denver. While primiarily a commuter campus, CU-Denver did open their 1st student housing location in 2006- Campus Villiage. Regional Transportation District's (RTD) Light Rail has two stops on the Auraria Campus: Colfax at Auraria and Auraria West Campus. UCDHSC's student news paper, the Advocate, comes out weekly during the school year and bi-monthly during the summer.

Student Body Profile

Resident

• 95% In-state students
• 5% Out-of-state students
• 8% Part-time students

Male-Female

• 56% Women
• 44% Men

Ethnicity

• 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
• 15% Asian/Pacific Islander
• 3% Black/Non-Hispanic
• 17% Hispanic
• 58% White/Non-Hispanic
• <1% Non-Resident Alien
• 5% Race/ethnicity unreported

Freshman Profile

• 13% in top 10th of graduating class
• 37% in top quarter of graduating class
• 74% in top half of graduating class

• 17% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
• 16% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
• 18% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
• 20% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
• 25% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
• 4% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49

• Percent applicants admitted: 69%
• Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 69%

Transfer Students

• Total number of transfer students who applied: 2,036
• Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 1,482

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The University of Colorado at Denver campus.

Academics

CU-Denver currenty is divided into the following colleges:

• The College of Architecture and Planning
• The College of Arts & Media
• The Business School
• The School of Education & Human Development
• The College of Engineering and Applied Science
• The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• The Graduate School of Public Affairs

CU-Denver's most popular undergraduate degrees:

• Business/Marketing: 23%
• Social Sciences: 14%
• Health Professions: 12%
• Visual and Performing Arts: 10%
• Communications/Journalism: 8%
• Engineering: 6%
• Psychology: 6%
• Biology: 5%
• English: 5%

Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 69%

Transfer Students

• Total number of transfer students who applied: 2,036
• Total number of transfer students who were admitted: 1,482

Faculty

The faculty at UCDHSC comprises renowned educators and experts in their fields. Four out of five faculty members hold the highest degree within their fields, earned from some of the finest institutions of higher education in the world. They bring with them recognized scholarly achievements, a deep appreciation for technology in the classroom, an emphasis on practical, hands-on learning, and a very real passion for teaching.

External links

• Official University of Colorado at Denver Website
• Denver Neighborhoods
• A concise history of the CU System
• UCD Advocate