unitid 126775 · Golden, CO · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Colorado School of Mines
- enrollment 2023
- 7,872
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
61%
18th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
6,155
58th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
14%
undergrads on Pell grants
4th pctl among public 4-years
completion
82%
finish within 150% time
95th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$40,560
99th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$28,690
after aid, aided students
100th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$97,335
after entry, Title IV students
100th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
79th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $16,849 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k12%
- 30-48k8%
- 48-75k12%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $95,766
- First-generation students
- 15%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $21,914
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering. | 321 | $93,871 | $25,000 |
| Computer Science. | 222 | $136,319 | $23,000 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 149 | $95,781 | $27,000 |
| Civil Engineering. | 83 | $91,060 | $25,000 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | 80 | $103,408 | $22,000 |
| Computer Science. | 68 | — | — |
| Metallurgical Engineering. | 61 | $93,910 | $26,269 |
| Petroleum Engineering. | 60 | $105,804 | $27,000 |
| Engineering Physics. | 53 | $96,528 | $21,500 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 52 | $116,080 | — |
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering. | 46 | $84,373 | $27,000 |
| Systems Engineering. | 45 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.