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Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

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

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and approximately 6,744 students attend the school each year.

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

Mines Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng
  • Master’s Degree in Chem Eng

Mines Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #74 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Mines since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng 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 chem eng.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 14
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 97
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

Mines Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

44% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

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Of the students who received a chem eng master's degree from Mines, 64% 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 chem eng.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng 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
Chemical Engineers 690 $100,670

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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