Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO · Public research
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Acceptance rate
60.7%
SAT · 50th
1400
Range 1340–1460
6-yr grad
81.7%
Retention 92.8%
Undergrads
6,155
18:1 S-F
Admissions
60.7%
— admitted
from — apps
Overall admit rate60.7%
Test scores
1400
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1340–1460
SAT
255075
R&W650690728
Math680710760
Comp134014001460
ACT
255075
Comp303133
Cost & aid
$17,520
in-state tuition
out-of-state $39,600
Tuition (in-state)$17,520
Tuition (out-of-state)$39,600
Room & board$17,531
Books$1,500
Avg debt at graduation$31,046
Academics
18 : 1
student-faculty ratio
92.8% retention
Student-faculty18 : 1
Retention92.8%
4-year graduation67.0%
6-year graduation81.7%
Enrollment
6,155
undergraduates
Total undergraduates6,155
Rankings
#4
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Petroleum (Doctorate)
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Petroleum (Doctorate)#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#4226
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#4826
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#7826
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#8026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#12726
NicheBest Colleges in America#13326
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingColorado colleges6
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
no application-fee data
Admissions URLwww.mines.edu/undergraduate-admissions
Admissions emailadmissions@mines.edu
Admissions phone303-273-3200
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Michigan Technolog…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Michigan Technological University MI · Public85.5%12306K
University of Colorado Boulder CO · Public75.9%130033K
Colorado State University CO · Public88.6%26K
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN · Private (nonprofit)80.9%13802K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Colorado School of Mines

6 years of Colorado School of Mines's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.