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    Financial aid information for ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder undergraduate and graduate students.

    Undergraduate Financial Aid

    • for degree-seeking (and teacher licensure) undergraduate students with state reportable hours for fiscal years 2014-2021Ìý(Visualization)
    • Cumulative loan debt accrued by ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder bachelor's graduates (PDF)
    • and median estimated salary (Visualization)


    The U.S. Department of Education releases official cohort default rates once per year. ÌýA cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year (FY), October 1 to September 30, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year.
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    ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder Three-Year Cohort Default Rate

    Fiscal Year Cohort Default Rate
    2020 0.0%
    2019 1.1%
    2018 2.4%
    2017 3.0%
    2016 3.2%
    2015 3.1%
    2014 3.1%

    Note: The 2020 rate is 0.0% due to suspension of loan payment requirements during the national COVID-19 emergency.Ìý This also affected FY 2019 and FY 2018 rates since these cohorts were still in their respective 3-year default rate windows when payment requirements were suspended in March, 2020.

    National and Local Comparison
    Fiscal Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    National 0.0% 2.3% 7.9% 9.7% 10.1% 10.8% 11.5%
    National four year public 0.0% 1.8% 5.4% 7.1% 6.8% 7.1% 7.5%
    Colorado 0.0% 2.4% 6.3% 9.4% 10.8% 11.6% 11.3%
    ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder 0.0% 1.1% 2.4% 3.0% 3.2% 3.1% 3.1%

    Detailed reports

    Graduate Financial Aid