by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Colorado School of Mines was awarded 472 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is geology & earth sciences.
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Mines is ranked #48 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Mines held the #59 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 33 colleges in Colorado, Mines is ranked at #1.
Colorado School of Mines has an acceptance rate of 57%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Mines.
About 53% of students accepted to Mines submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 720. Math scores were between 660 and 750.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Colorado School of Mines is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Colorado School of Mines is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 91% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Colorado School of Mines enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Mines the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 62%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Colorado School of Mines.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,200 undergraduates at Mines with 4,918 being full-time and 282 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,977 | $13,690 | $24,461 | $31,412 | $33,480 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mines, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Mines, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $10,009 a year. That adds up to $40,036 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mines is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Colorado School of Mines make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Colorado School of Mines.
Contact details for Mines are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 |
| Phone: | 303-273-3000 |
| Website: | www.mines.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoSchoolofMines |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/coschoolofmines |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 299 | $67,670 |
| Computer Science | 144 | $72,458 |
| Chemical Engineering | 144 | $70,029 |
| Electrical Engineering | 80 | $72,556 |
| Civil Engineering | 73 | $65,074 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 64 | $94,022 |
| Engineering Physics | 59 | $43,721 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 46 | $68,679 |
| Applied Mathematics | 38 | $67,521 |
| Environmental Engineering | 33 | $55,990 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 919 students took at least one online class at Colorado School of Mines. This is an increase from the 660 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 919 | 236 |
| 2019-2020 | 660 | 126 |
| 2018-2019 | 299 | 82 |
| 2017-2018 | 128 | 29 |
| 2016-2017 | 96 | 5 |
Learn more about online learning at Colorado School of Mines.
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Footnotes
*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.
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