Close to completing 150 years of establishment, the University of Colorado Boulder is a top-notch US institution, currently ranked below #100 in Shanghai Rankings, CWUR, and US News Rankings. In addition to this, University of Colorado Boulder Rankings have been placed at #264 by QS Rankings, while Times Higher Education places it at #138.

As per the global academic rankings, the University of Colorado Boulder caters to one of the best ‘Natural Science’ courses all across the globe including ‘Earth Sciences’, ‘Atmospheric Science’, ‘Geology’, and ‘Ecology’. Furthermore, The US News has placed the university among the top 120 ‘Arts and Humanities’ offering universities.

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: World Ranking Trends

The previous years’ ranking trends of the University of Colorado Boulder, as per the top ranking agencies, are tabulated as follows:-

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: World Ranking Trends

Ranking Body 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS Rankings #206 #230 #251 #317 #264
US News Rankings #50 #59 #62 #70
CWUR #57 #69 #68 #69
THE Rankings #124 #131 #158 #148 #138
Shanghai Rankings #46 #51 #57

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Engineering Rankings

The US News has placed University of Colorado Boulder among the top 170 global institutes for ‘engineering’ programs. Moreover, its Aerospace Engineering’ program has been maintaining it’s position in the top 30 rank in the Shanghai Rankings since 2021. The following table shows the ranking trends of the engineering programs at the University of Colorado Boulder:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Chemical Engineering #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Civil and Structural Engineering #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Mineral and Mining Engineering #51-70 #47 #31
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #201-250 #151-200 #151-200
Engineering and Technology #214 #218 #199

Shanghai Rankings

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Remote Sensing #767-100 #23
Aerospace Engineering #16 #28 #30
Automation and Control #101-150 #101-150
Biomedical Engineering #201-300 #151-200 #101-150
Energy Science and Engineering #101-150 #101-150 #151-200
Environmental Science and Technology #42 #31 #27
Materials Science and Technology #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Water Resources #26 #17 #16
Mechanical Engineering #101-150 #76-100 #76-100
Chemical Engineering #27 #15 #13
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #201-300 #201-300 #301-400

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Computer Science Rankings

The following table consists of the last three years’ rankings of the ‘computer science’ courses offered by the University of Colorado Boulder:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
Shanghai Rankings Computer Science #301-400 #201-300 #201-300
QS World Subject Rankings Computer Science and Information Systems #351-400 #301-350 #301-350

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Natural Science Courses

Over the years the University of Colorado Boulder has asserted its dominance in the field of Natural Sciences. Its ‘Earth Sciences’ program has been crowned the best among others for the third time in a row in Shanghai Rankings. Meanwhile, the ‘Physics’ has also repeated #2 rank from the past year’s Shanghai Rankings.

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Earth Sciences #1 #1 #1
Physics #14 #15 #14
Atmospheric Sciences #2 #2 #1
Ecology #25 #18 #17
Oceanography #51-75 #38 #46
Geography #25 #18 #16
Chemistry #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Mathematics #201-300 #201-300 #201-300

QS World Subject Rankings

Biological Sciences #201-250 #151-200 #151-200
Mathematics #151-200 #151-200 #150
Geology #12 #13 #10
Physics and Astronomy #99 #80 #73
Natural Science #59 #71 #49
Environmental Sciences #44 #51 #66
Chemistry #151-200 #146 #144
Earth and Marine Sciences #15 #13 #14

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Medical Science Courses

Here’s how the medical science courses of University of Colorado Boulder have been ranked over the years:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Clinical Medicine #201-300 #301-400 #301-400
Public Health #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science #401-500

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Business Courses

As per the Shanghai Rankings of 2023, University of Colorado Boulder’s ‘Finance’ program ranks among the top #51-75 such courses across the globe. The US News has even placed it at #140 for ‘Economics and Business’. For more such ranking trends, refer to the following ranking table:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Business and Management Studies #401-450 #401-450 #401-450
Accounting and Finance #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
Economics and Econometrics #251-300 #251-300 #251-300

Shanghai Rankings

Management #76-100 #51-75 #51-75
Finance #51-75 #51-75 #76-100
Economics #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Business Administration #201-300 #51-75 #41

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Humanities Courses

Some of the best-ranked humanities courses available at the University of Colorado Boulder and their corresponding ranking trends are tabulated as follows:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings

Public Administration #151-200
Education #33 #34 #26
Sociology #51-75 #76-100 #51-75
Political Sciences #51-75 #76-100 #76-100
Law #40 #51-75 #48
Communication #51-75 #51-75 #51-75

QS World Subject Rankings

Linguistics #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
Law and Legal Studies #301-350 #301-340 #251-300
Arts and Humanities #302 #307 #302
Communication and Media Studies #51-100 #51-100 #101-150
Philosophy #101-150 #101-150 #151-200
Education and Training #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Social Sciences and Management #374 #393 #346
English Language and Literature #201-250 #201-250 #201-250
Sociology #201-250 #201-250 #201-250

US News Subject Rankings

The US News has evaluated the academic courses of University of Colorado Boulder an, hence, placed over 25 of them below #200, which is clear form the table provided below:-

Subject Rankings 2022-23
Arts and Humanities #119
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #322
Ecology #18
Clinical Medicine #197
Engineering #166
Energy and Fuels #108
Economics and business #140
Computer Science #165
Chemistry #111
Social Sciences and Public Health #142
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences #2
Biology and Biochemistry #169
Space Science #49
Geosciences #3
Optics #31
Molecular Biology and Genetics #208
Psychology #98
Neuroscience and Behaviour #191
Water Resources #51
Physics #40
Physical Chemistry #165

University of Colorado Boulder Rankings: Miscellaneous

University of Colorado Boulder’ s ranking as per the leading ranking bodies, apart from the academic rankings, is presented by the table below:-

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2022-23

QS WUR

Sustainability Ranking #253
QS WUR By Subject #251-300

THE World University Rankings

World University Rankings #138
World Reputation Rankings 2022 #91-100
US Rankings 2022 #182

CWUR

National Rank #39
Employability Rank #175
Faculty Rank #48
Research Rank #93
Education Rank #154

According to the recent Forbes list, the University of Colorado Boulder rankings include #132 among top colleges and #92 among research universities. Furthermore, Niche rankings have placed it below 100th rank for its ‘Environmental Science’, ‘Physics’, and ‘Architecture’ courses.