Value of a CU-Boulder Education
The return on your CU-Boulder investment will offer you more job flexibility, a broader global perspective, and the opportunity to pursue your dreams. We offer the quality and stability of one of the nation's most accomplished universities. We graduate some of the best and brightest students in the country each year who go on to be successful alumni.
Your Salary Potential
According to Payscale.com, the salary potential for CU-Boulder bachelor degree graduates ranks in the top 10 of state universities nationwide. Here are the numbers:
- Median starting salary: $47,100
- Median career salary: $97,600
Your CU-Boulder Networks
In addition to the many connections you will make on campus, Career Services and the Alumni Association are two key networks for you to use.
Career Services
Our professional career coaches help graduates maximize their potential and stand out in the job market. Coaches and counselors help you identify your strengths, make career decisions, strategize a plan, write a resume, practice interviewing, and build a network.
Alumni Association
Our amazing network of alumni--over 250,000 worldwide--give back to CU-Boulder by helping current students and recent graduates secure internships and jobs. These successful alumni are passionate about helping recent graduates continue that tradition of success. Forever Buffs Network is the official online resource, featuring an alumni directory and peer-to-peer career resources. Go >
Faculty, Student and Alumni Accomplishments
- 4 Nobel Prize winners
- 19 Rhodes Scholars
- 7 MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowships
- 1 National Professor of the Year
- 94 faculty Fulbright Scholars
- 100 students awarded Fulbright grants
- 4 professors awarded Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships in the last three years
- 2 National Science Foundation Director's Award winners for Distinguished Teaching Scholars
- 10 faculty honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Over 2,000 Peace Corps Alumni--fifth among all colleges and universities
Companies that Regularly Recruit CU-Boulder Graduates
| Accenture | Lockheed Martin |
| Agilent Technologies | Motorola |
| Boeing | Mutual of Omaha |
| Deloitte | Nextel Communications |
| Electronic Arts | Northwestern Mutual |
| EchoStar | Pricewaterhouse Coopers |
| Enterprise Rent-a-Car | Proctor & Gamble |
| Ernest and Julio Gallo Winery | Qualcomm |
| Ford Motor Company | Shell |
| Hitachi Consulting | Stockamp & Associates |
| IBM | Target |
| J.D. Power and Associates | Time Warner Television |
| KPMG | Wells Fargo |
