University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado · Public · 10,519 undergraduates · ucdenver.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
75%
of 14,931 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
980 to 1220
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$39,920Est.Estimate
$65,900 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
75% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$65,900
a year in 2027-28, from a $65,900 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1101
Send your score
About 75% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 960, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
Source: Help & Resources | CU Denver First-Year Admissions · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Jul15Rolling admission · July 15, 2027Applications are reviewed as they arrive.
Who gets in
75%
of applicants were admitted: 11,151 of 14,931 for fall 2024.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2024)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 23% of them sent SAT scores and 2% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 980 to 1220
Reading and Writing 490 to 620
Math 490 to 600
ACT composite 23 to 32
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16004%
- 1200 to 139926%
- 1000 to 119943%
- 800 to 99923%
- 600 to 7994%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.52
- 4.025%
- 3.75 to 3.9915%
- 3.50 to 3.7416%
- 3.25 to 3.4915%
- 3.00 to 3.2416%
- 2.50 to 2.9913%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$39,920
a year, in state
$65,900
a year, out of state (tuition $38,780)
- Tuition (in state)$12,800
- Fees$1,230
- Food and housing$17,570
- Books and supplies$1,550
- Transportation and other$6,770
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus published $37,711 in state for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$7,543
- $30,001 to $48,000$7,378
- $48,001 to $75,000$7,908
- $75,001 to $110,000$11,237
- Over $110,000$19,820
Financial aid
46%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$12,546
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
25%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $3,299 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
After college
Graduate within 6 years
49%
Come back for a second year
73%
Typical earnings
$69,387
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus$80,846
- All colleges$71,390
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 26 majors here have earnings data.
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