International Studies at University of Colorado Boulder

If you plan to study international studies, take a look at what University of Colorado Boulder has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 180 students received a bachelor's degree in international studies from CU - Boulder.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in International Studies section at the bottom of this page.

CU - Boulder International Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies

CU - Boulder International Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks international studies programs across the country. The following shows how CU - Boulder performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The international studies major at CU - Boulder is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	49

Earnings of CU - Boulder International Studies Graduates

The median salary of international studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at CU - Boulder is $34,353. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $29,348 for all international studies bachelor's degree recipients.

International Studies Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the international studies majors at University of Colorado Boulder.

CU - Boulder International Studies Bachelor’s Program

The international studies program at CU - Boulder awarded 180 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. The typical international studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at CU - Boulder since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in international studies at CU - Boulder are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in international studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	108
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

CU - Boulder also has a doctoral program available in international studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Museum Studies
• Cognitive Science

Careers That International Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in international studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.