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Geoscience Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Geoscience Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

If you plan to study geoscience engineering, take a look at what Colorado School of Mines has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Geoscience Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Mines Geoscience Engineering Degrees Available

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

Mines Geoscience Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in geoscience engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Geoscience Engineering Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Geoscience Engineering Master’s Program

48% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of geoscience engineering master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

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Of the students who received a geoscience engineering master's degree from Mines, 70% were white. This is typical 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 geoscience engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Geoscience Engineering

The following geoscience engineering concentations are available at Colorado School of Mines. 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
Geological & Geophysical Engineering 27

Careers That Geoscience Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in geoscience 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers 3,350 $172,300
Engineers 2,500 $111,610
Engineering Professors 1,040 $106,950
Mining and Geological Engineers 440 $108,130

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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