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Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO · Public · 6,155 students · mostly bachelor degrees
57th-cheapest of 69 Colorado colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$28,690
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$40,560
Graduation rate
82%
Admission rate
61%
Median graduate earnings
$97,335
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,000
Average SAT
1412
Median ACT
31
Pell grant recipients
14%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
88 programsComputer Science · Master's Degree68 grads/yr$147,702Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree222 grads/yr$127,217Packaging Science · Master's Degree40 grads/yr$123,855Petroleum Engineering · Bachelor's Degree60 grads/yr$116,691Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree52 grads/yr$115,085Mining and Mineral Engineering · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$109,695Geology/Earth Science, General · Master's Degree35 grads/yr$109,407Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$106,012Geological/Geophysical Engineering · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$102,007Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$98,190Engineering Physics/Applied Physics · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$97,497Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree321 grads/yr$97,087Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$95,142Metallurgical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$94,902Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree149 grads/yr$94,598Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree83 grads/yr$94,228Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$93,132Geological/Geophysical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$88,484Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$87,278
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.