Colorado School of Mines Overview

Colorado School of Mines is a public institution situated in Golden, Colorado. Golden is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Colorado School of Mines Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Mines.
• During a recent academic cycle, 66% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Mines makes roughly $97,335 a year. This is 139% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Colorado School of Mines?

Contact details for Mines are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
Phone:	303-273-3000
Website:	www.mines.edu

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How Do I Get Into Mines?

You can apply to Mines online at: www.mines.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Mines

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mines?

With an acceptance rate of 58%, Mines does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 65% of accepted students are men and 35% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 55%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Average Test Scores

About 45% of students accepted to Mines submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 728. Math scores were between 680 and 760.

Mines received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 29 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 0. Composite scores were between 30 and 33.

Can I Afford Colorado School of Mines?

The overall average net price of Mines is $45,662. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mines, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $8,866 a year. That adds up to $35,464 over four years for those students.

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Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,200 undergraduate students at Mines, with 4,918 being full-time and 282 being part-time.

There are also 1,544 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,918 full-time undergraduates at Mines, 69% are male and 31% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Colorado School of Mines students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	235
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	582
White	3,431
International Students	216
Other Races/Ethnicities	410

Geographic Diversity

Colorado students aren't the only ones who study at Colorado School of Mines. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 79 countries are represented at Mines. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Mechanical Engineering	321	0	52	10	383
Computer Science	222	4	68	5	299
Chemical Engineering	149	0	25	11	185
Civil Engineering	83	0	28	13	124
Electrical Engineering	80	0	17	4	101
Metallurgical Engineering	61	0	18	10	89
Geoscience Engineering	46	0	27	10	83
Petroleum Engineering	60	0	14	8	82
Engineering Physics	53	1	10	0	64
Environmental Engineering	30	27	4	1	62
Systems Engineering	0	7	45	4	56
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	2	35	12	49
Economics	5	5	30	9	49
Mining Engineering	17	4	20	5	46
Applied Mathematics	32	0	14	0	46
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	40	0	40
General Engineering	17	15	8	0	40
Data Science	0	18	12	0	30
Chemistry	15	0	5	8	28
Materials Engineering	0	0	7	16	23
Manufacturing Engineering	0	7	14	0	21
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	20	0	0	0	20
Robotics Engineering	0	0	12	0	12
Data Analytics	0	11	0	0	11
Physics	0	0	4	6	10
Behavioral Science	0	0	8	0	8
Nuclear Engineering	0	0	4	3	7
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	6	0	0	6
Biological Engineering	0	0	4	1	5
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Biomedical Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Operations Research	0	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,211	107	525	136	1,979

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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