Colorado School of Mines: Statistics

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#702 of 14,131 In the World
#234 of 2,597 In North America
#207 of 2,496 In the United States
#5 of 38 In Colorado
#8 of 1,031 For Mining Engineering
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Acceptance rate
58%
Average SAT
1409
Average ACT
32
Aid receiving
98%
Undergraduates
5,714
Graduates
1,689
Male:Female Ratio
68:32
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
www.mines.edu

Colorado School of Mines Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Colorado School of Mines has an acceptance rate of 58% and is among the top 20% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 58% 55% 66%
Applicants 10,886 7,498 3,388
Admissions 6,314 4,090 2,224
Freshmen enrolled full time 1,508 1,031 477
Freshmen enrolled part time 4 3 1

544 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

199 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
686 or 45%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1330
or below

75% of them
had 1488
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in the Colorado School of Mines are 1330-1488 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
365 or 24%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 30
or below

75% of them
had 33
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in the Colorado School of Mines are 30-33 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program Required
Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Secondary school rank Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 4954 (67%)
Hispanic 791 (11%)
Nonresident Alien 594 (8%)
Two or more races 406 (5%)
Asian 378 (5%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 166 (2%)
Black or African American 79 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 25 (0.3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 4 (0.1%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded
$10,614
Students receiving aid
98%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $17,520$17,676
Tuition in-state $17,520$17,676
Tuition out-of-state $39,600$39,618
Fee in-district $2,520$2,520
Fee in-state $2,520$2,520
Fee out-of-state $2,520$2,520

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 2,483
Combined charge for room and board $16,410
Room charge $9,610
Meal charge $6,800

Colorado School of Mines majors

Colorado School of Mines has granted 1,192 bachelor's degrees across 16 programs, 532 master's across 29 programs, and 124 doctorate degrees across 20 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Colorado School of Mines.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Mechanical Engineering 304 47 9
Computer Science 202 48 6
Chemical Engineering 155 19 9
Civil Engineering, General 81 32 7
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 93 21 3
Geological & Geophysical Engineering 72 29 11
Petroleum Engineering 86 16 8
Metallurgical Engineering 44 19 15
Computational and Applied Mathematics 40 12 4
Mining and Mineral Engineering 20 26 1
Engineering Physics & Applied Physics 40 6
Systems Engineering 39 2
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 31 6 3
Engineering & Industrial Management 39
Materials Engineering 18 14
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 29 1
Data Science, General 21
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 16 5
Geophysics and Seismology 11 8
Chemistry, General 11 3
Behavioral Sciences 13
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering 13
Nuclear Engineering 10 1
Biological & Biosystems Engineering 9 1
Chemistry, Other 10
Engineering, General 3 7
Geology & Earth Science, General 8
Manufacturing Engineering 8
Biochemistry 7
Physics, General 6
Physics, Other 6
Economics, General 3
Geological and Earth Sciences & Geosciences, Other 1
Grand Total 1,192 532 124

Colorado School of Mines has a graduation rate of 82%, which is among the 10% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 82% 80% 86%
  • Full-time retention rate - 94%
  • Part-time retention rate - 100%

Publications & Citations

Colorado School of Mines is a world-class research university with 24,851 scientific papers published and 640,423 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Quantum and Particle physics, Biology, Materials Science, Geology, Organic Chemistry, and Computer Science.

Publications
24,851
Citations
640,423

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering
20,774 / 523,578
Physics
18,996 / 481,253
Chemistry
16,573 / 475,280
Environmental Science
16,091 / 409,096
Quantum and Particle physics
13,920 / 368,359
Biology
13,192 / 385,715
Materials Science
12,579 / 324,254
Geology
12,014 / 304,741
Organic Chemistry
11,242 / 339,034
Computer Science
7,984 / 189,806
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
6,646 / 128,706
Metallurgical Engineering
6,441 / 167,284
Geography and Cartography
6,406 / 139,828
Paleontology
6,319 / 151,972
Ecology
5,799 / 197,214
Optical Engineering
5,698 / 129,600
Electrical Engineering
4,728 / 117,463
Earth science and Geophysics
4,512 / 100,575
Mathematics
4,431 / 106,661
Geotechnical Engineering
4,394 / 103,205
Chemical Engineering
4,217 / 145,441
Biochemistry
4,174 / 173,214
Physical chemistry
4,085 / 129,463
Mechanical Engineering
3,696 / 79,862
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
3,603 / 72,548
Nanotechnology
3,467 / 99,703
Statistics
3,125 / 77,052
Genetics
3,051 / 137,357
Philosophy
2,974 / 60,969
Medicine
2,973 / 72,522
Business
2,882 / 52,672
Political Science
2,747 / 45,905
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
2,673 / 66,354
Law
2,637 / 45,195
Oceanography
2,620 / 83,433
History
2,584 / 49,493
Environmental Management
2,522 / 93,837
Archaeology
2,399 / 48,416
Telecommunications
2,364 / 49,703
Astrophysics and Astronomy
2,300 / 54,581

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 158 693
1992 176 780
1993 150 881
1994 144 898
1995 171 961
1996 242 1090
1997 232 1128
1998 256 1400
1999 279 1730
2000 291 2039
2001 332 2481
2002 466 3095
2003 445 3614
2004 386 4568
2005 490 5878
2006 565 6963
2007 570 8500
2008 615 9815
2009 693 12350
2010 737 14787
2011 784 17446
2012 850 20278
2013 1074 24145
2014 1043 27791
2015 1220 30994
2016 1111 34331
2017 1212 36126
2018 1273 41444
2019 1350 47826
2020 1636 55620
2021 1491 65564
2022 1312 69607
2023 1369 70127
Academic rankings

Colorado School of Mines alumni

  1. Shane Carwin

    Shane Carwin
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    mixed martial arts fighter
    Biography

    Shane Bannister Carwin is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is considered to be one of the hardest hitting athletes to ever fight in the UFC.

  2. George Saunders

    George Saunders
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    translatorwriterfantasy authorgeophysicistjournalist
    Biography

    George Saunders is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, "American Psyche", to The Guardian's weekend magazine between 2006 and 2008.

  3. Antônio Ermírio de Moraes

    Antônio Ermírio de Moraes
    Born in
    Brazil Flag Brazil
    Years
    1928-2014 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    authorbusinessperson
    Biography

    Antônio Ermírio de Moraes was a Brazilian billionaire businessman and the chairman of the Votorantim Group, one of the country's largest companies, focused on metals, paper, cement and frozen orange juice. He was the grandfather of IndyCar Series driver Mario Moraes.

  4. Derrick Jensen

    Derrick Jensen
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    novelistenvironmentalistwriterphilosopher
    Biography

    Derrick Jensen is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author, teacher and environmentalist in the anarcho-primitivist tradition, though he rejects the label "anarchist". Utne Reader named Jensen among "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" in 2008, and Democracy Now! says that he "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecology movement".

All 20 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names CSM
Mines
Founded 1873
Motto Nil sine numine
Nothing without God's will
Colors blue, silver
Academic calendar August to May (August - December; January-May). Also Summer Session (June-August)
Total FTE staff 1,328
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 1500 Illinois St
Golden, Colorado, 80401
United States
City population 20,000
Phone 3032733000

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