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What the Class of 2030 is bringing with them
The 5,180 students who arrived in August, by the numbers and in their own words.
Pathify University · Riverbend, Colorado
A public research university in Riverbend, Colorado
31,400 students. Eight colleges. Three campuses and Pathify Online. $412 million in annual research, and no application fee.
Welcome
One university, three campuses and everything in between
Pathify was chartered in 1871 as the state's land-grant institution. It has grown into a comprehensive research university offering 140 undergraduate majors, 90 minors and 210 graduate programs through eight colleges and schools.
Riverbend is the main campus. Northgate holds the arts, the environment and social work. Pathify Health teaches medicine and nursing beside the region's largest hospital. Pathify Online carries the same degrees, awarded on the same terms.
There is no application fee, and the university meets 100% of demonstrated need for in-state students.
Where to start
Academics
Eight colleges and schools, 140 undergraduate majors and 210 graduate programs, taught at a faculty-to-student ratio of one to thirteen.
Admissions and aid
A $0 application fee, full published costs, and aid reaching 91% of first-year students.
Campus life
Fourteen residence halls, five dining halls, four libraries and more than 340 student organisations.
Pathify by the numbers
31,400
Students
Across three campuses and Pathify Online
$412M
Annual research expenditure
Carnegie R1 classified
1:13
Faculty-to-student ratio
2,410 full-time faculty
268,000
Alumni
Resident in 118 countries
$0
Application fee
For every applicant, at every level
RESEARCH
A Pathify lab is rewriting how coastal cities plan for water
Six departments, one flood model, and eleven municipalities that now write it into their planning processes.
By Dr. Adaeze Nwankwo, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Latest from the university
All newsAchievements
Physicist named to the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Yelena Marchetti becomes the fourth Pathify faculty member elected to the academy.
Careers
Fall career and internship fair draws 400+ employers
The Hale Center event was the largest in the fair's history.
Campus
The new interim library opens on the old quad
General collections and extended study space while work continues on the main building.
I joined the monarch study in my second semester. By the end of the year I was presenting our count data to the county. Nobody told me undergraduates could not do that, so I did it.
What a year costs
Published in full, before you apply. These are 2026–27 figures for two semesters of full-time enrollment.
| Item | In-state | Out-of-state |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition & fees | $12,480 | $34,960 |
| Housing & dining | $13,200 | $13,200 |
| Books & supplies | $1,050 | $1,050 |
| Personal & transport | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Total cost of attendance | $28,730 | $51,210 |
Average need-based grant $14,600. Average federal loan at graduation $19,800. 91% of first-year students receive aid and the application fee is $0.
Events
Eight events this fall, from the September Open House to the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
See the events calendar
Next steps
Start an application, or come and see the place first
There is no application fee, and tours run at all three physical campuses.