You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Mining Engineering list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 41 ’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Mines supports 6,744 students, and 234 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 145 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,456. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mines does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.