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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 249 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

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

30% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The engineering program at Mines awarded 249 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 70% of these degrees went to men with the other 30% going to women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 164
International Students 42
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

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
Robotics Engineering 8
Environmental Engineering 8
General Engineering 7
Nuclear Engineering 7
Biological Engineering 6

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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