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Colorado School of Mines BS in Geoscience Engineering

55 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$57,619 Average Salary
$27,000 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Geological & Geophysical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Geoscience Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Colorado School of Mines. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in geoscience engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Mines BS in Geoscience Engineering

#1 in the U.S
#1 in Colorado

Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. According to College Factual's most recent rankings, Mines is the best school in the United States for geoscience engineering majors working on their bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #1 in Colorado.

Here are some of the other rankings for Mines.

Ranking TypeRank
Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools1
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering1
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering1
Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering1
Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering1
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $30-$48k)1
Most Focused Colleges for Geoscience Engineering1
Best Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools1
Best Geoscience Engineering Schools1
Highest Paid Doctor’s Degree Geoscience Engineering Graduates1
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Geoscience Engineering Graduates1
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $30-$48k)2
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering2
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Geoscience Engineering Graduates2
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $0-$30k)2
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering2
Most Popular Colleges for Geoscience Engineering2
Highest Paid Geoscience Engineering Graduates2
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $48-$75k)2
Best Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans3
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (With Aid)3
Best Geoscience Engineering Master’s Degree Schools4
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income Over $110k)4
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering5
Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans5
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $30-$48k)5
Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $75-$110k)5
Best Geoscience Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans6
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $30-$48k)6
Best Geoscience Engineering Colleges for Veterans7
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $0-$30k)8
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $0-$30k)9
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $0-$30k)10
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering10
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income Over $110k)10
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (With Aid)11
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $75-$110k)11
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $48-$75k)11
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $48-$75k)11
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering11
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income Over $110k)11
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $48-$75k)12
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (With Aid)12
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (With Aid)13
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income Over $110k)13
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering14
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $75-$110k)14
Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $75-$110k)16

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Geoscience Engineering from Mines Cost?

$19,100 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Mines Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Mines paid an average of $1,245 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $555 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$16,650$37,350
Fees$2,450$2,450
Books and Supplies$1,500$1,500
On Campus Room and Board$14,720$14,720
On Campus Other Expenses$1,879$1,879

Learn more about Mines tuition and fees.

Mines Geoscience Engineering BS Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Geoscience Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Mines took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is about the same as the national average of $26,695.

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How Much Can You Make With a BS in Geoscience Engineering From Mines?

$57,619 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of geoscience engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Mines is $57,619 per year. That is 4% higher than the national average of $55,400.

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Does Mines Offer an Online BS in Geoscience Engineering?

Online degrees for the Mines geoscience engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mines Online Learning page.

Mines Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Geoscience Engineering

55 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
30.9% Women
7.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 55 students received their bachelor’s degree in geoscience engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in geoscience engineering in 2019-2020, 30.9% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 32.6%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 7.3% of the geoscience engineering bachelor’s degrees at Mines in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 7%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian0
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino0
Native American or Alaska Native1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White41
International Students10
Other Races/Ethnicities3

BS in Geoscience Engineering Focus Areas at Mines

Geoscience Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Geological & Geophysical Engineering55

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to geoscience engineering.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
General Engineering2
Biomedical Engineering36
Chemical Engineering104
Civil Engineering67
Electrical Engineering77

View All Geoscience Engineering Related Majors >

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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