University of Colorado

Description: State school Year: 1876
School Type: Public
Religious Background: No
The total number of undergraduate students: 26,800
International students: 1.62%
Acceptance rate: 78%
Graduation rate: 66%
SAT Average: 520-630 (Reading), 550-650 (mathematics)
TOEFL minimum requirements: 61
US NEWS ranking: National Universities 77
The University of Colorado at Boulder is a Tier 1 research institution that received more than $280 million in sponsored research awards for the 2008 fiscal year, placing us 13th nationally and 6th among all public universities. The university offers 85 majors at the bachelor's level, 70 at the master's level, and 50 at the doctoral level. CU-Boulder's main campus is on 600 acres right in heart of beautiful Boulder, Colorado, which Forbes magazine named America's smartest city in 2008.
Leadership
Founded in 1876 in Boulder at the base of the Rocky Mountains, CU-Boulder is led by Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano and his leadership team. The Boulder campus was the first of the current three-campus University of Colorado system.

建校年份：            1876
學校性質：            公立
宗教背景：            無
本科學生總數：    26,800
國際學生比例：    1.62%
錄取率：                78%
畢業率：                66%
SAT平均分:           520-630(閱讀) ，550-650 (數學)
TOEFL最低要求: 61
US NEWS排名： National Universities 77

University of Colorado, Boulder很重視該校的文理教育。該校有70%的學生選擇了藝術與科學類的學科。這些學科的學術要求主要是為了給學生提供廣泛的學習範疇，從而使他們能夠全面發展。這些學術要求包括寫作、數學推理、外語語言學習和辨識性思維，同時還有7個方面的內容，歷史、美國文化背景、自然科學、當代社會研究、文化與性別差別、文學藝術、理想和價值觀。University of Colorado, Boulder對新生十分關注，所有的新生都必須住在校內，這樣一來學生們之間結交朋友就更方便了。