Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Colorado School of Mines stacks up to those at other schools.

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and has a total student population of 6,744.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Mines

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mines offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

Mines Engineering Rankings

There were 62 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #56 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Colorado School of Mines.

Mines Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Mines, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	204
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colorado School of Mines. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	62
Systems Engineering	45
Civil Engineering	43
Geoscience Engineering	27
Electrical Engineering	23
Petroleum Engineering	22
Materials Engineering	20
Metallurgical Engineering	20
Mining Engineering	14
Manufacturing Engineering	14
Chemical Engineering	10
Environmental Engineering	8
Robotics Engineering	8
General Engineering	7
Nuclear Engineering	7
Biological Engineering	6

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado School of Mines.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers	30,400	$106,730
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Computer Network Architects	6,040	$115,300
Electronics Engineers	5,630	$105,560

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cperko under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.