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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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.
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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 State | Out of State | |
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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 |
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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.
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.
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.
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%.
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%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 41 |
International Students | 10 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Geoscience Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Geological & Geophysical Engineering | 55 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 2 |
Biomedical Engineering | 36 |
Chemical Engineering | 104 |
Civil Engineering | 67 |
Electrical Engineering | 77 |
*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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