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2026–27 budget, enrollment

Budget highlights

• Increases to tuition rates for incoming resident undergraduate, nonresident undergraduate and resident graduate students; housing and dining fees; institutional financial aidÌýdiscussed in the April meeting.
• Compensation pools for faculty and university staff and step increases for classified staff.
• A projected decrease of 9% ($60.4 million) in research expenditures next fiscal year due to decreased federal funding opportunities, part of a national trend across research universities. The campus has experienced 59 research award terminations or stop-work orders since January 2025. Despite the decrease, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder is still well positioned relative to its peer institutions.
• Increased funding for institutional financial aid.
• Ongoing support for the academic support and faculty compensation initiatives.

Fall enrollment updates

• A projected 1.3% total enrollment increase (494 students), fueled mostly by year-over-year student retention. Continuing undergraduate students are projected to increase by 2.2%.
• Incoming undergraduate class projected to be in line with the past three years.
• Graduate enrollment is projected to be down 0.8% from fall 2025.
• Uncertainty remains around undergraduate international and graduate international student enrollment, consistent with national trends.

The 2026–27 fiscal year begins on July 1.

Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine

On the one year anniversary of the Pearl Street firebombing attack, the unaffiliated student organization Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), issued a social media post condoning the violent attack and defending the actions of the attacker.Ìý

• The boardÌý and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØSystem President Todd SalimanÌý denouncing glorification of violence and antisemitism
• The universityÌýissued a statement denouncing the glorification of violence and antisemitism, announcing a review of the post and clarifying that SJP has been unaffiliated with the university since fall 2024.

Messages that diminish the humanity of victims or celebrate the harm of others for any reason are not reflective of Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s commitment to human dignity, respect and the well-being of our community.

Capital construction updates

The regents approved the prioritization list of capital construction projects for which Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØis seeking state capital construction funding support. An $87.3 million renovation project for Macky Auditorium remains the system’s top priority for state funding. Renovation projects for the Guggenheim and Economics buildings are third and fourth, respectively, on the state prioritization list.Ìý

The regents renewed the program plan for the $34.5 million renovation of the Economics building, which would modernize learning spaces, improve access and upgrade aging building systems. Program plans for projects on the state funding request are updated and renewed every three years.Ìý

Capital construction updates

• Chancellor Justin Schwartz celebrated the achievement of Forge Nano becoming the university’s 11th startup to reach unicorn status—a valuation of $1 billion or more.
• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s 309 student athletes notchedÌý—a 3.275 across 309 students, following another record-setting term in the fall.
• ´¡Ìýrecent Leeds School of Business report found that commercialization efforts through Venture Partners at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder generated $8.7 billion in national economic impact, including $5.1 billion in Colorado, over the past five years.

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