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Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Colorado School of Mines. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and has a total student population of 6,744.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Mines

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Mines does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

Mines Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 62 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Colorado School of Mines.

Mines Engineering Bachelor’s Program

35% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Mines since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Mines are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	639
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

Mines Engineering Master’s Program

29% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Mines, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	204
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colorado School of Mines. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	361
Chemical Engineering	154
Civil Engineering	116
Electrical Engineering	103
Petroleum Engineering	86
Metallurgical Engineering	66
Engineering Physics	59
Geoscience Engineering	59
Systems Engineering	45
Mining Engineering	41
Environmental Engineering	41
Materials Engineering	20
Manufacturing Engineering	14
General Engineering	8
Robotics Engineering	8
Nuclear Engineering	7
Biomedical Engineering	7
Biological Engineering	6

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado School of Mines.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers	30,400	$106,730
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Computer Network Architects	6,040	$115,300
Electronics Engineers	5,630	$105,560

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
O*NET Online
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