Boulder, Colorado 80309, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 42, University of Colorado Boulder In Colorado

Boulder, Colorado 80309, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 42, University of Colorado Boulder In Colorado


Boulder, Colorado 80309, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 42, University of Colorado Boulder In Colorado

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University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO, United States

The University of Colorado, Boulder (also commonly referred to as CU-BoulderCUBoulder, or Colorado) is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876. According to The Public Ivies: America’s Flagship Public Universities (2001), it is considered one of the thirty “Public Ivy League” schools.

In 2010, the university consisted of nine colleges and schools and offered over 150 academic programs and enrolled 29,952 students.[2] Eleven Nobel Laureates, nine MacArthur Fellows, and 18 astronauts have been affiliated with CU-Boulder as students, researchers, or faculty members in its history. The university received nearly US$454 million in sponsored research in 2010 to fund programs like the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and JILA.

Colorado Buffaloes competes in nine intercollegiate sports in the NCAA Division I Pacific-12 Conference. The Buffaloes have won 26 NCAA championships: 19 in skiing, six total in men’s and women’s cross country, and one in football. Approximately 1,500 students participate in 34 intercollegiate club sports annually as well.

RANKINGS

Academics

University rankings
National
ARWU[21] 24
Forbes[22] 101
U.S. News & World Report[23] 86
Washington Monthly[24] 58
Global
ARWU[25] 32
QS[26] 142
Times[27] 77

The University of Colorado Boulder is divided into several colleges and schools. While the College of Arts and Sciences is by far the largest, the university also consists of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the schools of Architecture and Planning,EducationMusicLaw, and the Leeds School of Business. Most, if not all, of these colleges and schools also incorporate masters and doctorate level degree programs. At the University, there are currently approximately 3,400 courses available in over 150 disciplines comprising 85 majors ranging from Accounting to Women’s Studies.

University of Colorado School of Law is the smallest and most selective of the colleges. The Wolf Law Building, the new home of the Law School, was dedicated on September 8, 2006, by United States Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer.

The Leeds School of Business has an enrollment of 3,300 students including undergraduates, master’s candidates, and Ph.D. candidates. The undergraduate program ranks 39th in the country and the undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranks 14th in the nation. The MBA program ranks 26th among all public universities. The faculty are ranked 38th in the nation according to the Academy of Management Journal.

CU-Boulder adopted an honor code in 2000 following growing concerns about academic dishonesty on campus in the late 1990s.[28] A copy of the code stating “On my honor, as a University of Colorado Boulder student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance on this work” is engraved on a metal plate and posted in every classroom on campus.

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