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Colorado football player Michael Adkins II walks to Folsom Field among fellow students before the CU commencement ceremony on May 7. (

Campus diversity

Since 1988, the University of Colorado has become a more diverse campus. A look at the diversity in the fall of 1988 compared to the fall of 2015 (includes all undergraduates and graduate students):

Year 1988 2015

Total students 23,750 30,789

White 82.48% 68.94%

African-American 1.54% 2.