Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

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

Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and approximately 6,744 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received their master's degree in ME.

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

Mines Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Mines Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Mines

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

Mines Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students earned a master's degree in ME from Mines. About 28% of these graduates were women and the other 72% were men.

Of the students who received a ME master's degree from Mines, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 21% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	39
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Biological Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• General Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Cost Estimators	5,520	$73,110
Mechanical Engineers	4,750	$104,220
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Aerospace Engineers	1,890	$124,070
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950

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.