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Colorado School of Mines

Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach National

Location Golden, CO

Population 1,200,000

Website http://www.mines.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,801

Men / Women 68% / 32%

White 62%

Hispanic 11%

Asian 8%

Mixed 4%

International 3%

Native American 1%

Black 1%

From State 52%

From Region 5%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Engineering 72%

Computer Science 22%

Physical Sciences & Math 4%

Life & Natural Sciences 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $21,914

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $45,824

Est. In-State Cost $28,348

Est. Out-of-State Cost $59,278

10-Year ROI $314,000

ROI Percentile 98th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%

4-Year Graduation Rate 67%

6-Year Graduation Rate 82%

Transfer-Out Rate 13%

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry

Sunshine Hours 3,107 (91% ☀️)

Days Without Precipitation 278 (87%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 29%

Yield (Unbound) 23%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$74M	#86
Life & Natural Sciences	$32M	#170
Humanities & Social Sciences	$1M	#251

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	93	#60
Life & Natural Sciences	28	#379
Humanities & Social Sciences	3	#542

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 60%

SAT Range 1350 – 1450

SAT Math Range 670 – 750

SAT RW Range 650 – 730

ACT Range 29 – 33

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Colorado School of Mines	1,210	70% / 30%	3%	$104,138		97%
Biochemical Engineering	39 —	23% / 77%	0%	$99,382	96	—
Ceramic Sciences and Engineering	7 —	43% / 57%	0%	$96,003	94	—
Chemical Engineering	112 —	56% / 44%	0%	$95,781	94	96%
Civil Engineering	71 —	56% / 44%	0%	$91,060	92	92%
Electrical Engineering	87 —	82% / 18%	1%	$103,408	97	95%
Engineering	9 —	78% / 22%	0%	$97,351	95	—
Engineering Physics	71 —	72% / 28%	1%	$96,528	95	94%
Environmental Engineering	37 —	46% / 54%	0%	$83,766	87	100%
General Engineering	8 —	75% / 25%	0%	$93,878	93	100%
Geological Engineering	44 —	59% / 41%	25%	$84,373	88	93%
Mechanical Engineering	301 —	76% / 24%	1%	$93,871	93	97%
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	36 —	64% / 36%	0%	$93,910	93	96%
Mining Engineering	23 —	91% / 9%	9%	$121,247	99	97%
Petroleum Engineering	28 —	71% / 29%	43%	$105,804	97	94%
Computer Science	272 —	82% / 18%	1%	$136,319	100	100%
Chemistry	9 —	44% / 56%	0%	$64,667	62	95%
Computational and Applied Mathematics	39 —	67% / 33%	3%	$89,416	91	95%
Biochemistry	13 —	31% / 69%	0%	$71,458	74	—
Economics	4 —	75% / 25%	0%	$128,586	99	97%

Rankings

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