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The Impact of Giving to Â鶹´«Ã½

Resident Undergraduate Costs 2016-17

Tuition - $6,906
Student Fees - $1,982
Books & Supplies - $1,350
Room & Board - $10,770
Total - $21,008

• 65% of students receive some type of financial assistance
• 34% of students are first-generation students

Â鶹´«Ã½ Students Work Harder

• Average Full-Time Course Load at Â鶹´«Ã½ 14.3 credit hours
• 60% Â鶹´«Ã½ students vs. 35% national average worked 6+ hours per week off campus
• More than 25% of Â鶹´«Ã½ students working for pay while in college reported working more than 20 hours per week
• 42% Â鶹´«Ã½ students vs. 31% national average helped support their family financially while in college
• 84% Â鶹´«Ã½ students vs. 76% national average chose their particular career to help pay off debt

The Growing Share

Average Student Loan Debt Upon Graduation from Â鶹´«Ã½ - $25,563 on average among graduates of similar statewide institutions

State Funding vs. Tuition
65% student revenue (Tuition, room and board, and academic and student fees)
20% state support
9% other support
6% donor support

Â鶹´«Ã½ Annual Revenue
State share (general fund) & other non-student support
2000-01 - 68%
2016-17 - 35%

Student share (resident tuition)
2000-01 - 32%
2016-17 - 65%

You + Â鶹´«Ã½

• Last year $11+ MILLION in support was committed by 5,700 individuals and organizations from Colorado and across the country
• Donors chose to direct 75% toward supporting current Bears and 25% to endow support for future Bears
• 33,000+ Â鶹´«Ã½ alumni have donated to support Â鶹´«Ã½ students with young Â鶹´«Ã½ alumni giving back an average of $109.13 annually
• $30 million in scholarships awarded

Lasting Impact

80% of Â鶹´«Ã½ students are employed or in graduate school one year after graduating

Average starting salary
$31,593 bachelor graduates
$40,837 graduate degree holders

Sources: Recommended Budget Fiscal Year 2016-2017, percentages round to nearest whole number; Leadership Annual Giving 2016; Â鶹´«Ã½ Facts & Figures 2016; Cooperative Institutional Research Program College Senior Survey, 2015; Â鶹´«Ã½ Self-Study Report to Higher Learning Commission 2015; Colorado Department of Higher Education, 2015; Â鶹´«Ã½ Financial Aid, 2014; Community and Civic Engagement, 2014; Â鶹´«Ã½ Alumni Survey, 2012-13