Top 10 most popular majors at CU Boulder

Anna Tolette — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:18:31 +0000

Top 10 most popular majors at CU Boulder Anna Tolette Mon, 08/11/2025 - 14:18

Julia MacLean

Choosing a major is one of the biggest decisions college students make, and at CU Boulder, certain programs consistently lead the pack. Here are CU Boulder’s Fall 2024 most popular undergraduate majors by enrollment, which shows where students focus their time.

1. Psychology

Provides a fundamental understanding of the principles of human cognition, emotion, behavior, social interactions and mind-brain relationships.

2. Integrative Physiology

Includes the study of organisms as functioning systems of molecules, cells, tissues and organs. Focuses on whole-body function and its applications to human health and disease.

3. Finance

Emphasizes financial management, money and capital markets, investments and derivative securities, and financial institutions.

4. Aerospace Engineering

Teaches how to design, test and operate complex aerospace and related systems. Develops new technologies for use in commercial aviation, defense systems and space exploration.

5. Mechanical Engineering

Encompasses the general areas of design and manufacturing, fluid and solid mechanics, and thermal and materials science.

6. Marketing

Focuses on identifying customer needs and wants, developing products and services to meet those demands, establishing communications to promote products and services, and monitoring transactions and customer responses to guide future activities.

7. Computer Science

Emphasizes knowledge of computing at all levels, including circuits and computer architecture through operating systems, programming languages and large application systems.

8. Management

Focuses on business leadership and technical disciplines like sustainability, supply chains, operations, analytics, strategy and talent management.

9. Strategic Communications

Teaches students to be forward-looking communicators with the analytic, strategic, creative, critical thinking and tactical skills necessary to identify and solve problems.

10. Political Science

Includes how public policy is formulated, how laws are made, and the social and economic impact of those laws and policies.

As alumni, you can make a powerful impact on the success of students through mentoring, career talks or student networking events. Your support helps students in every major reach their fullest potential and navigate their futures with confidence.

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Forever Buffs Impact: Q&A with Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan

Anna Tolette — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:29:12 +0000

Forever Buffs Impact: Q&A with Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan Anna Tolette Tue, 01/28/2025 - 09:29

Dani Martinez

As a Boettcher Scholar, Maithreyi Gopalakrishnan (EngrPhys’16) found CU Boulder to be the perfect place to blend her passions for engineering, entrepreneurship, leadership and dance. Today, she channels her entrepreneurial spirit as the founder and CEO of LiquidiFi, while also consulting in data science and engineering.

Her dedication to solving large-scale challenges matches her enduring connection to CU Boulder. Through her involvement with CU Venture Partners and the Forever Buffs Advisory Board, Gopalakrishnan strengthens community networks and inspires the next generation of Forever Buffs.

Since graduating, what has been your most rewarding experience as part of the Forever Buffs community?

On the Forever Buffs Advisory Board, I have developed lifelong friendships, learned so much more about the university and its rich history than I could have ever imagined, and had many unique and memorable experiences with my fellow board members.

As a mentor for CU Venture Partners entrepreneurs, I’ve had a chance to see how much the innovation ecosystem at CU has evolved and grown. I have been fortunate to see some of my mentees develop their startup ideas into flourishing companies and significantly impact the world.

What is the Forever Buffs Advisory Board?

I like to describe the Forever Buffs Advisory Board as a sample of the eyes and ears of the broader CU Forever Buffs community.

We engage deeply with the CU community in different ways and learn from leaders across campus. Synthesizing that knowledge and those experiences, we offer informed advice and recommendations on a variety of topics that are top of mind for CU alumni.

What motivates you to stay involved in the CU Boulder community?

CU Boulder works incredibly hard to meet alumni where they’re at and evolve to truly serve the wants and needs of a very diverse body of alumni. CU’s commitment to supporting its alumni in a multitude of ways inspires me to stay involved.

What would you say to a fellow Buff who’s curious about getting involved?

Find an aspect of engagement about which you are passionate, and dive in! CU stands out as a university and organization that truly values the engagement of its alumni in any shape or form, and reconnecting with fellow Forever Buffs can impact your life in ways that may surprise you.

I decided to start volunteering with CU Venture Partners on a whim during COVID-19. Because of this decision, I now have my own CU spinout company and two former mentees making tremendous strides with their ventures!

What makes you proud to be a Forever Buff?

I’m proud that every other Forever Buff alongside whom I work, mentor, volunteer, etc., is making an impact on the world in some shape or form across so many different fields.

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