You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Mining Engineering for a Doctorate. Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.
Mines also made our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 234 of the 6,744 students enrolled at Mines were GI Bill® students, of which 145 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,456. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.