Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Every materials engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the materials engineering 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 Materials Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

Mines Materials Engineering Rankings

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There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Materials Engineering Master’s Program

The materials engineering program at Mines awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from Mines, 56% 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 materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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

Careers That Materials Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials 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
Cost Estimators	5,520	$73,110
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950
Materials Engineers	470	$100,940

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.