Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines

The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth’s natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th in America among national public universities in 2011. Undergraduate admissions at Mines is highly selective. Nearly 10,000 students vie each year for 875 spots in the freshman class.

The median B.Sc. starting salary is $62,000, and the median B.Sc. salary at mid-career is $113,000, making CSM the top public university in terms of salary potential  and ranked fourth for all public or private engineering schools, just behind Caltech and MIT.

The college was originally founded in 1873 by the Episcopal Church, but in 1874 control was transferred to the Colorado Territory, and CSM became a state institution when Colorado attained statehood in 1876. The school mascot is Blaster the Burro, the athletic teams are called the Orediggers, and the logo (designed by architect Jacques Benedict) is a Reuleaux triangle.

Colorado School of Mines Rankings in 2010

• BEST UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY RANKING
• TOP 100 COLLEGES IN UNITED STATES
• TOP PUBLIC NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RANKING

• MATERIALS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
• BEST PHYSICS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
• FORBES AMERICAN’S BEST COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011
• TOP 200 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN 2012
• 2012 TOP 200 COLLEGES IN UNITED STATES
• WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN 2011-2012
•  TOP ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOLS RANKING IN 2011-2012
• 2011 TOP PUBLIC COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN UNITED STATES

Colorado School of Mines Tuition and Fees

Undergraduate Cost of Attendance: 2010-2011

GRADUATE SCHOOL COSTS AND FINANCIAL AID

The official statement of tuition and fees can be found here: http://inside.mines.edu/Budget_Information

Current academic year tuition costs, fees and estimated expenses are below.

Additional funding resources can be found here: Paying for Graduate School

Academic Calendar

Schools and Colleges of Colorado School of Mines

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry & Geochemistry
• Economics & Business
• Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Environmental, Systems)
• Environmental Science & Engineering
• Geology & Geological Engineering
• Geophysics
• Liberal Arts & International Studies
• Mathematical & Computer Sciences
• Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Physics

Colorado School of Mines News

• Colorado School of Mines launches online news resource - Mon, 07 May 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., May 7, 2012 – Colorado School of Mines has launched a new online resource to connect journalists and the public with news, events and resources on the university’s campus. The new Mines newsroom, http://newsroom.mines.edu, ...

• Former Intel CEO to deliver Mines commencement address - Mon, 16 Apr 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., April 16, 2012 – Craig Barrett, retired chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Intel Corporation, will deliver the spring 2012 Colorado School of Mines commencement address. The 138th annual commencement will begin at ...

• Payscale ranks Mines top public school for return on investment - Fri, 13 Apr 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., April 13, 2012 – Colorado School of Mines is the top ranked public university in terms of return on investment in Payscale.com's 2012 "Colleges Worth Your Investment" list. Payscale.com found the 30-year return on investment ...

• Two professors receive NSF CAREER awards - Wed, 11 Apr 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., April 11, 2012 – Two assistant professors in the Colorado School of Mines Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Zizhong Chen and Michael Wakin, have been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career ...

• Mines heading into 'E-pocalypse' March 29-31 - Wed, 21 Mar 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., March 21, 2012 – Colorado School of Mines will celebrate an apocalyptic-themed E-Days March 29-31. Mines students will participate in the traditional ore cart pull on foot from Golden to Denver down Colfax Avenue to the state capitol ...

• Mines to host first artistic conference for science and technology universities - Wed, 14 Mar 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., March 14, 2012 – In an effort to promote a better relationship between art and science in higher education, Colorado School of Mines will host the inaugural Art in Science and Technology (ArtiST) conference, April 5 – 7 in ...

• Mines graduate school ranks in U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking - Wed, 14 Mar 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., March 14, 2012 – Colorado School of Mines ranks 63rd in U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 ranking of engineering graduate schools. Several of Mines graduate engineering programs also were ranked including chemical engineering ...

• ExxonMobil and GE join university initiative to help bring latest natural gas best practices to shale development - Thu, 08 Mar 2012
  Colorado School of Mines, Penn State University and The University of Texas at Austin create new training programs for the rapidly growing natural gas development sector GE and ExxonMobil each to contribute $1 million to the new education initiative ...

• Mines Alumni Association announces awardees - Thu, 08 Mar 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., March 5, 2012 – The Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association has announced this year’s Distinguished Achievement Medal and Mines Medal awardees, who will be honored at the annual Celebration of Alumni event on April 27. The ...

• Mines research projects receive commercially aimed funding - Mon, 06 Feb 2012
  GOLDEN, Colo., Feb. 6, 2012 – Three research projects under way at Colorado School of Mines have been chosen to receive special funding aimed at bringing technology to the commercial marketplace, representing a major culture shift toward entrepreneurship ...