Biomedical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Every biomedical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the bio engineering program at Colorado School of Mines stacks up to those at other schools.

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and has a total student population of 6,744. In 2021, 7 bio engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Mines.

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

Mines Biomedical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Engineering

Mines Biomedical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks bio engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Mines performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The bio engineering major at Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomedical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	32
Most Focused Biomedical Engineering Schools	164
Most Popular Biomedical Engineering Schools	177

Earnings of Mines Bio Engineering Graduates

The median salary of bio engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mines is $59,753. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 9% higher than the national average of $55,043 for all bio engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Bio Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of bio engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bio engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mines also has a doctoral program available in bio engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biological Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering

Careers That Bio Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in bio 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950
Biomedical Engineers	570	$96,880

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
• Image Credit: By Cperko under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.