Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 174 Title IV programs, 56 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 118 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing56 · 32.2%
- No Data118 · 67.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 10
Action history · 12
- Apr 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Apr 2024Initial AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · School Psychology (SCPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Aug 2021Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Jan 2021Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Jul 2020Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSYD) - PsyD Doctoral programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,236 students received $7.3M in Pell grants, alongside $149.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,470 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (0.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at University of Denver
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus74
- Non-campus1
- Public property16
Includes 15 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion3
- Gender identity1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of Denver vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Denver selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Denver | 76% | — | 12,813 | $36,131 | R1 Research |
| 91% | 10.6% | 15,175 | $22,585 | R1 Research | |
| 91% | 16.4% | 15,432 | $41,704 | R1 Research | |
| 96% | 3.9% | 15,564 | $23,777 | R1 Research | |
| 94% | 11.7% | 15,888 | $31,944 | R1 Research | |
| 86% | 14.0% | 13,310 | $39,949 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 91% | 11.7% | 15,304 | $34,038 |
Institutions like University of Denver
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Denver's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchGeorgia
Emory University
Grad rate91%Admit rate10.6%Enrollment15,175Net price$22,585View data - R1 ResearchMassachusetts
Boston College
Grad rate91%Admit rate16.4%Enrollment15,432Net price$41,704View data - R1 ResearchConnecticut
Yale University
Grad rate96%Admit rate3.9%Enrollment15,564Net price$23,777View data - R1 ResearchPennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University
Grad rate94%Admit rate11.7%Enrollment15,888Net price$31,944View data - R1 ResearchLouisiana
Tulane University of Louisiana
Grad rate86%Admit rate14.0%Enrollment13,310Net price$39,949View data
University of Denver Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research & Analysis performs systematic, objective research and analysis to inform strategic planning, decision making, and policy development at the University. Our mission is to advance access, equity, and success in higher education by working in partnership with stakeholders and University leadership.
Visit IR office page- Mike Furno, Ph.D.Assistant Vice Provost, Institutional Research & Analysis
- Ben Siebrase, Ph.D.Director of Analytics and Senior Data Scientist
- Katia Miller, MSW and MPHAssistant Director of Program Assessment
- Katie Schroeder, M.A.Assistant Director of Faculty Data Support
- Nashwa Bolling, M.S.Associate Director of Institutional Research
- Brian Pattiz, M.S.Research Analyst
- Amy Hilgers, B.S.Manager of Faculty Data
- Katalin Grajzel, Ph.D.Ranking Research Analyst
- Paul Martinez, Ph.D.Data Scientist
Common Data Set
University of Denver's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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