College · Public · Golden, CO · Suburb
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Admit rate61%
6-yr median pay$83k
Net price / yr$29k
Undergrad size6,155
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $29k/yr for a shot at a $83k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 61% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1412 · ACT 31.
If you get in
6,155 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $41k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $29k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$162k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$115k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$47k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $21.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $45.8k
- Room & board
- $17.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants14%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans32%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention93%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr82%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$83k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$97k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out13%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 6,155
- Location
- Golden, CO
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity (R1)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Mines
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White68%
- Hispanic14%
- Asian6%
- Two or more races6%
- International3%
- Black1%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students15%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$96k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 20
What you can study.