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The ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Rural NetworkÌýis a cross-campus group of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ professionals who support access to and success through ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ for students from rural communities, as well as support the university charge to serve the entire state of Colorado.ÌýThe CUÌýBoulder Rural Network was started in April 2020 following conversations with individuals, groups and departments across the university who had interest in supporting rural students, were doing outreach programming in rural places or recognized that there was a lack of ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ attention to rurality as an underrepresented identity. Focus areas include access and recruitment, retention and success, and advocacy and awareness.Ìý
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Small Town Buffs in Numbers
Our undergraduate students from Colorado rural and small towns contribute different skills, ideas, and perspectives to our ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ community!
The below characteristics include full-time, undergraduate students from a U.S. rural county enrolled in spring 2023 (as defined by the Ìýwith data supplied by the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ Office of Data Analytics).
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1,405
Total rural undergraduate students
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5.2%
percentage of total full-time, undergraduate students
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23%
percentage who are also students of color
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46
U.S. states represented
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20%
percentage who are also first-generation college students