INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE ACADEMICS
The academic year consists of two 16-week semesters (fall: late August to State Normal School Colorado State Teachers College Colorado State College of Education Colorado State College University of Northern Colorado mid-December; spring: early January to early May); an interim session between 1889 1911 1935 1957 1970 Present Day fall and spring semesters; and a 12-week summer term with six-, eight- and Founded in 1889 with a historic mission to train qualified teachers, UNC has become a renowned doctorate-granting research 12-week sessions. university with premier programs in education, health sciences, business, and the performing and visual arts. COLLEGES • College of Education and Behavioral Sciences CAMPUS LOCATIONS ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES • Average ACT/SAT scores: 22 / 1,021 • College of Humanities and Social Sciences President: Kay Norton, • Average high school GPA: 3.23 • College of Natural and Health Sciences The College of Performing and Visual 2002– present • Age range: 16 to 48 Arts annually hosts more than 250 • College of Performing and Visual Arts public events, including acclaimed Governing board: Seven board • Average age: 18.2 • Monfort College of Business theater productions, musical members are appointed by performances and gallery exhibits. the governor of the state, one • University College faculty member is elected by TOP 5 MAJORS BY PROGRAMS the faculty and one full-time ENROLLMENT junior or senior student is (not including undeclared or pre-majors) elected by the student body. 1. Nursing List of current members: www.unco.edu/trustees/ 2. Business Administration trustees.htm UNC ranks among Weld County’s 3. Elementary Education The Milken Institute ranks Greeley among largest employers. 4. Biological Sciences the top 10 best-performing cities. 5. Sport and Exercise Science Courses with fewer Average class size than 30 students The Arbor Day Foundation recognized UNC with Tree Campus USA designation – there are more than 3,700 trees on 260 acres of campus. students
OPERATING BUDGET: $186.5 MILLION TUITION (2016–17) UNC is one of only three universities in Colorado to earn Community Engagement status from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement (2015–16, ESTIMATED) Tuition (full time) of Teaching. • Resident undergraduate: $6,606 REVENUE EXPENSES • Resident graduate: Varies by program, University Orchestra has been named top university orchestra seven $8,820 – $11,250 times in the past 10 years. • Non-resident undergraduate: $17,652 ATHLETICS • Non-resident graduate: Last year, 51 student athletes received Big Sky All-Academic spring honors. Varies by program, $15,192 – $22,158 MEN’S SPORTS WOMEN’S SPORTS Baseball, basketball, cross country, football, Basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, Other costs, including fees and golf, tennis, track and field (indoor and softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track room and board, available at: MILLION outdoor), wrestling and field (indoor and outdoor), volleyball www.unco.edu/costs in commitments were made to UNC by more than UNC student-athletes volunteered a total of 3,332 hours in 2012–13. Campus Recreation provides 14 intramural and 22 club sports individuals and organizations from Colorado opportunities for students. and across the country.
WWW.UNCO.EDU/GIVE WWW.UNCBEARS.COM STUDENT PROFILE
ETHNICITY FINANCIAL AID (Undergraduate and Graduate)
9,394 UNDERGRADUATE 2,542 GRADUATE Total Financial Aid Awarded
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE Grants $24.2 million 2,671 Freshmen 74 Licensure 31.7% received grants Average award: $1,473 1,847 Sophomores 1,507 Master’s College of Humanities Scholarships $29.7 million 1,914 Juniors and Social 127 Specialist 42.4% received scholarships Average award: $1,833 2,485 Seniors Sciences 640 Doctoral 1,646 477 Non-degree (excludes pre-majors) 194 Undeclared Loans $74.5 million 833 55.8% received loans Average award: $3,265 TRANSFERS College of Performing Work Study $1.6 million 614 Full-time and Visual Arts 5.6% received work study Average award: $1,459 116 Part-time College of Monfort Natural and Health Sciences College of College of Education and College of Education of incoming freshmen awarded Business 3,018 Behavioral and Behavioral grants or scholarships Sciences 1,004 Sciences University 1,461 GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION College 1,470 GRADUATION INFORMATION 903 Non-Degree Seeking (includes pre-majors) UNDERGRADUATE (82.45 PERCENT ARE COLO. RESIDENTS) SPRING 2015 GRADUATES 236 • 58 of 64 counties in Colorado • 2,134 bachelor’s; 737 master’s and above 18% from Weld County Monfort College of Business 23 • Graduation rate (6 year): 46.4 percent 9.1% from Arapahoe County 8.4% from Larimer County TOP 5 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED College of Natural Graduate • Interdisciplinary studies (incl. elementary education) (12.6%) and School 7.5% from Jefferson County Health Sciences 181 • Business administration (9.7%) 574 7.4% each from El Paso and Douglas Counties • Nursing ( 7.7%) Undergraduates • 49 states under age 25 • Sport and Exercise Science ( 7.6%) College of • 28 countries outside the United States Performing & Visual Arts 233 • Psychology (6.2%) GRADUATE (72 PERCENT ARE COLO. RESIDENTS) College of Humanities and Social Sciences 61 students live in 16 residence halls • 45 of 64 counties in Colorado TOP 5 GRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED • Education (16.3%) Graduate students • 50 states 45 years or older • Special Education (13.7%) Of new teachers • 22 countries outside the United States employed in Colorado, 18% • Sport and Exercise Science ( 7.5%) 50 percent were of undergraduates UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE trained in teacher live on campus • Speech Language Pathology (6.2%) More than • 403 international students preparation programs (students under age • Music (5%) at Colorado institutions 21 with fewer than 20 • 246 students studied abroad in 2012–13 of higher education. college credit hours Of those trained in earned after high school student clubs and Colorado, 54 percent typically live in residence GENDER received organizations offer activities UNC’s Sport Administration graduate program earned a top 5 worldwide ranking their education halls) (Undergraduate and Graduate) for a variety of interests. from SportBusiness International, the leading publication covering the international from UNC. sport business community. 63% female 37% male Alaska 522
ALUMNI PROFILE
EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT RATES
UNC ALUMNI LIVING IN THE U.S. Alaska Washington 522 1,988 Top 10 states for UNC alumni shown in Montana darker blue North Dakota Maine 698 156 236 Minnesota Oregon 1,187 1,232 VT Idaho NH 614 South Dakota Wisconsin New York 503 818 MA 912 Wyoming Michigan CT RI 1,685 559 Iowa Pennsylvania NJ Nebraska Nevada 944 556 1,347 Ohio 884 New Hampshire 203 Utah Illinois Indiana 647 MD 418 DC DE Vermont 119 658 1,288 West Colorado Massachusetts 428 California 69,570 Kansas Virginia Missouri 70 Rhode Island 83 4,792 1,091 Kentucky Virginia 1,215 818 Connecticut 267 190 North Carolina Delaware 53 New Jersey 387 Arizona Tennessee 882 Oklahoma 131,113 LIVING 2,747 New Mexico Arkansas 623 District Of Columbia 70 461 1,179 276 South Carolina Maryland 521 383
Mississippi Alabama Georgia Texas 94 244 687 3,277 Louisiana Hawaii 212 UNC ALUMNI 1,009 Florida 2,382 LIVING WORLDWIDE* Top 10 countries represented
Greeley Alumni CANADA 120 9,127 UNITED KINGDOM 34 Northern Colorado Alumni (Includes Larimer, Weld, UNITED STATES REPUBLIC OF KOREA JAPAN 32 42 Morgan, Boulder, Adams 112,468 and Logan Counties) SAUDI ARABIA 56 27,029 TAIWAN 154 NIGERIA THAILAND 20 136
COLORADO
AUSTRALIA Denver Area Alumni 30 Entire Front Range Alumni (Includes Denver, Boulder, (Fort Collins to Colorado Springs) Jeerson, Adams, Arapahoe 59,683 and Douglas Counties) 31,891
*University of Northern Colorado Foundation reported alumni addresses Source: 2012–13 Undergraduate and Graduate Alumni Surveys FACULTY PROFILE
RESEARCH UNC research and sponsored programs, amounting to
in external funding over the past three years, include a range of topics that address serious issues in society.
FACULTY RESEARCH EXAMPLES
Developing a drug that can stop replication of West Nile virus At the UNC Cancer Rehabilitation Institute, Dr. Reid Hayward and his colleagues and students study effects Dr. Scott Franklin and his students look at the of exercise on cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, effects of natural and manmade disturbances— improving quality of life and showing the cardioprotective from wildfires to fracking—on ecosystems from benefits of exercise in countering the side effects of chemo. the Rocky Mountains to Colorado’s eastern plains. Collaborating with local educators to help beginning elementary teachers deliver high-quality mathematics and Developing computer models for traumatic science instruction in high-need districts brain injuries to inform helmet safety Building multi-state networks in academic, Raising awareness of noise-induced governmental and community settings to support the hearing loss and prevention — especially employment outcomes, independence, and quality of life for people who listen to music with for people with disabilities earphones, and tree service workers and Operating an 11-state regional center to train interpreters for operators of other outdoor equipment individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and individuals who are deaf-blind Dr. Karen Barton, a UNC geography professor and Fulbright Scholar, works with her colleagues, Delivering a research-based, baccalaureate degree program in students and the community to study food deserts American Sign Language-English Interpretation in Colorado, and helps community members find common ground on often polarizing issues.