UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER F-12

4200 East Ninth Ave.
Denver, CO 80262
Tel: (303)372-0000; Admissions: (303)315-7676; Fax: (303)315-3358; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.uchsc.edu/

Description: State-supported, upper-level, specialized, coed. Part of University of Colorado System. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1883. Setting: 40-acre urban campus. Endowment: $454 million. Research spending 2002-03: $168.3 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $21,367 per student. Total enrollment: 2,567. Faculty: 2,573. Full-time: 294 students, 91% women, 9% men. Part-time: 26 students, 96% women, 4% men. 3% from out-of-state, 2% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 3% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 65% 25 or older, 49% transferred in. Retention: 99% of 2003 full-time entering class returned. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences. Calendar: semesters or quarters depending on program. Advanced placement, distance learning, summer session for credit, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $40. State resident tuition: $5730 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $20,010 full-time. Mandatory fees: $380 full-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Major annual event: Welcome Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Denison Library plus 1 other with 250,000 books, 1,650 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $3 million. 55 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.