Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

If you plan to study environmental engineering, take a look at what Colorado School of Mines has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and has a total student population of 6,744. In 2021, 33 environmental 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 Environmental Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Environmental Engineering

Mines Environmental Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental 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 environmental engineering major at Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	12
Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools	13

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Mines. This makes it the #33 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Mines Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mines is $55,990. This is less than $56,263, which is the national average of all environmental engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Mines. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental 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 environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mines Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a master’s in environmental engineering from Mines in 2021, 43% were men and 57% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from Mines, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% better 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 master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mines also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biological Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• General Engineering

Careers That Environmental Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental 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
Environmental Engineers	1,260	$98,350
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950
Health and Safety Engineers	360	$103,940

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.