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 31 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer science.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Mines is ranked #87 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
Mines is also ranked #1 out of 31 schools in Colorado.
If you're applying to Colorado School of Mines you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 58%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 45% 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 728. Math scores were between 680 and 760.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Colorado School of Mines, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 66%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 94% 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 65%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,396 | $17,041 | $23,739 | $28,947 | $32,645 |
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 40% of students took out student loans averaging $8,866 a year. That adds up to $35,464 over four years for those students.
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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 360 | $74,145 |
| Computer Science | 256 | $86,268 |
| Chemical Engineering | 183 | $68,318 |
| Civil Engineering | 120 | $70,301 |
| Electrical Engineering | 117 | $80,815 |
| Geoscience Engineering | 112 | $68,694 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 110 | $77,400 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 78 | $78,984 |
| Mining Engineering | 59 | $83,309 |
| Applied Mathematics | 56 | $50,398 |
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 2022-2023, 743 students took at least one online class at Colorado School of Mines. This is a decrease from the 919 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 743 | 199 |
| 2021-2022 | 919 | 236 |
| 2020-2021 | 660 | 126 |
| 2018-2019 | 128 | 29 |
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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