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Student Highlights
Total university headcount enrollment (includes non-resident instruction students): 31,725 up 17% from fall 2005
Total on-campus, resident instruction headcount enrollment:: 27,086 up 9% from fall 2005
Five departments with the largest number of undergraduate primary and secondary majors (excludes open option):
Biology (1,427), Health and Exercise Science (1,418), Psychology (1,034), Animal Sciences (862), and
Mechanical Engineering (854)
Five departments with the largest number of graduate primary and secondary majors: Electrical and Computer
Engineering (245), Civil and Environmental Engineering (233), School of Education (212), Chemistry (155),
Business Intra-College (154)
Total new freshmen enrolled: 4,353, up 12% from fall 2005
Total new undergraduate transfer students: 1,426, down 1% from fall 2005
Total new and readmitted graduate students enrolled: 1,232, up 27% from fall 2005
College with the most new freshmen (excludes open option majors): Natural Sciences with 790 students
Total student population who are ethnic minorities: 17%, up from 12% in fall 2005
Undergraduate student population who are women: 51%
Five home states for the largest number of non-resident undergraduate students: California (872), Texas (395),
Illinois (387), New Mexico (167), Washington (147)
Undergraduate student population who are Colorado residents: 77%
Total student credit hour production for the academic year 2013-14: 688,212 up 6% from AY 2004-05
Total student full-time equivalent (FTE) for the academic year 2013-14: 22,940 up 6% from AY 2004-05
Student-faculty ratio: 16.1
Number of degrees awarded in 2013-14: 6,937 up 26% from AY 2004-05
First-year persistence rate for new freshmen (fall 2013 to fall 2014): 86.0%
Six-year graduation rate for new freshmen (entered fall 2008 and graduated by summer 2014): 66.6%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 20 students in fall 2013: 37.0%
Undergraduate classes with 50 or more students in fall 2013: 19.0%
Undergraduate student credit hours taught by tenure-track faculty in AY 2013-14: 37.0%
College with the highest average undergraduate term GPA for fall 2013: Business with 3.12 followed by
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences with 3.08 and Health and Human Sciences with 2.99
Note: Student highlights are for fall term 2014 (unless otherwise noted).
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FACT BOOK 2014-15
STUDENT INFORMATION