Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

If you are interested in studying mining 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 approximately 6,744 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 27 mining 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 Mining Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Mining Engineering Degrees Available

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

Mines Mining Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the mining engineering progam at Mines compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 mining engineering major at Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mining 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 Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Mining Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	3
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Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools	3
Most Focused Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	4

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in mining engineering from Mines. This makes it the #4 most popular school for mining engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in mining engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Mines Mining Engineering Graduates

The median salary of mining engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mines is $71,308. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allmining engineering bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 mining engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mines, about 81% were men and 19% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining engineering at Mines are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mining 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 mining engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Mines Mining Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Mining Engineering from Mines in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Mines also has a doctoral program available in mining engineering. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That Mining Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in mining 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
Mining and Geological Engineers	440	$108,130

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.