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Colorado School of Mines is a public national university located in Golden, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines is moderately inclusive in their admissions.
Return on educational investment at Colorado School of Mines is in the top 25% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $90,060 10 years after enrolling, 1st in Colorado, and in the top 5% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Colorado School of Mines bachelor students earn 5% more than the national average. Colorado School of Mines is ranked 1st in Colorado.
Colorado School of Mines’s median net annual cost of $27,114 and average years to graduate of 4.5 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 6 programs at Colorado School of Mines sorted by number of graduates - Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering - are shown below. To see more programs, click on "see additional programs".
Annual net cost
$27,114
Average years to graduate
4.5
Mining/Mineral Engineering
Rank: #6
Economic score: 1.76
Engineering Physics
Rank: #4
Economic score: 2.1
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Rank: -
When a school's graduation rate falls in the bottom 25% in the country, we do not display an economic ranking.
Economic score: 2.39
Metallurgical Engineering.
Rank: #2
Economic score: 2.57
Engineering
Rank: #232
Economic score: 2.9
Environmental Engineering
Rank: #27
Economic score: 2.96
Geological/Geophysical Engineering.
Rank: #4
Economic score: 3.18
Chemistry
Rank: -
When a school's graduation rate falls in the bottom 25% in the country, we do not display an economic ranking.
Economic score: 3.71
Applied Mathematics
Rank: #33
Economic score: 3.98
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 6 graduate programs at Colorado School of Mines - Engineering Fields, Mechanical Engineering, Geosciences, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Economics - are shown below. To see more programs, click on "see additional programs".
Geological/Geophysical Engineering.
Rank: #2
Economic score: 0.48
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.5 years. 82% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Colorado School of Mines is 28% higher than the state average, and 14% above the average for all national universities in the country.
At Colorado School of Mines, Pell Grant recipients represent 14% of the measured graduating class, 21% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Colorado School of Mines graduates within 4.7 years.
Colorado School of Mines is in the bottom 25% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Colorado School of Mines’s economic mobility score of 13.32 is calculated by adjusting the 0.64 economic score of lower-income students by the 14% pell grant recipients within the student body. Colorado School of Mines’s EMS of 13.32 ranks in the bottom 50% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
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The average Title IV recipient at Colorado School of Mines pays $27,114 a year, $10,085 less than the $37,199 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $27,114
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Colorado School of Mines, 98% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $27,114 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 44% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $10,009. This is 10% less than the national average.
Federal grants
$5,292
Pell grants
$4,683
State grants
$2,975
Institutional grants
$9,733
Colorado School of Mines's moderately inclusive admissions are indicated by their 57% acceptance rate. In 2021, the school had 12,022 applicants, of which 6,838 were admitted and 1,449 enrolled. Colorado School of Mines has a rolling admissions policy, which means applications are reviewed as they arrive until all spaces are filled.
Full time
98%
83%
Female
28%
59%
First time
82%
59%
In-state
53%
68%
1st generation
15%
35%
White
70%
52%
Black
1%
14%
Hispanic
12%
15%
Asian
5%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
12%
12%