- The Inkwell
- Colorado
- Colorado School of Mines
Golden, COSuburb: largeZIP 80401Founded 1873
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1873
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: very high research activity (R1)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.mines.edu
- Member of
- APLU
ColoradoPublic
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines is a public university in Golden, Colorado, with 6,155 undergraduates. It admits 61% of applicants, graduates 82% within six years and costs $32,901 a year after aid.
82%graduate
Admission rate61%
Retention93%
4-year graduation68%
Pell Grant share17%
Federal loans32%
$32,901net price / year
61%admission rate
1412average SAT
82%graduate in 6 years
$102,077median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,287median debt
#51 of 1,704 for earnings#1,542 of 1,739 for lowest net price#154 of 1,738 for graduation rate#383 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $43,745tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $22,658
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $47,288
- Average net price
- $32,901national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,504
$30,001–48,000$22,896
$48,001–75,000$23,913
$75,001–110,000$28,115
$110,001+$38,429
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 61%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1412
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 650–730
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 670–750
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 29–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college61%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college93%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college82%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college17%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 82%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 93%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 81%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $87,335
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $102,077middle 50%: $76,591–$134,817
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,287
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$134,817
Median, Colorado School of Mines$102,077
Lower quarter$76,591
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 6,155
- Part-time
- 3.6%
- Women / men
- 32% / 68%
- Average age at entry
- 20.8
- First-generation students
- 15%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 73%
- Average faculty salary
- $14,000 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $20,431
- Endowment, end of year
- $386,363,861
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White68%
Hispanic14%
Black1.5%
Asian6.4%
Two or more races6.1%
U.S. nonresident2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.3%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering74%
Computer & information sciences21%
Mathematics & statistics3.2%
Biological & biomedical sciences1.3%
Physical sciences0.7%
Social sciences0.4%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
| College | Net price | Grad. | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | $32,758 | 80% | $113,011 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | $33,675 | 85% | $71,762 |
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| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $33,056 | 90% | $103,420 |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | $30,606 | 81% | $85,519 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 126775. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1111367.