Enrollment Trends at Mines

The student population at Colorado School of Mines is 7,403 (5,714 undergraduate and 1,689 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,613 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mines is 77.18% which is increased by 1,423 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 190 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.46 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

199 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,437 where 7,403 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,423 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 190 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.46 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in Mines than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado School of Mines since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,790	4,291	3,137	1,154	1,499	1,000	499
2014-15	5,962 172	4,456 165	3,277 140	1,179 25	1,506 7	997 -3	509 10
2015-16	6,054 92	4,605 149	3,332 55	1,273 94	1,449 -57	964 -33	485 -24
2016-17	6,069 15	4,610 5	3,323 -9	1,287 14	1,459 10	934 -30	525 40
2017-18	6,209 140	4,788 178	3,388 65	1,400 113	1,421 -38	970 36	451 -74
2018-19	6,325 116	4,952 164	3,461 73	1,491 91	1,373 -48	950 -20	423 -28
2019-20	6,628 303	5,156 204	3,559 98	1,597 106	1,472 99	1,032 82	440 17
2020-21	6,744 116	5,200 44	3,580 21	1,620 23	1,544 72	1,084 52	460 20
2021-22	7,187 443	5,487 287	3,752 172	1,735 115	1,700 156	1,174 90	526 66
2022-23	7,403 216	5,714 227	3,892 140	1,822 87	1,689 -11	1,186 12	503 -23
Average	6,437	4,926	3,470	1,456	1,511	1,029	482

Colorado School of Mines Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,926 where 5,714 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado School of Mines since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,291	4,080	2,967	1,113	211	170	41
2014-15	4,456	4,240	3,107	1,133	216	170	46
2015-16	4,605	4,386	3,156	1,230	219	176	43
2016-17	4,610	4,395	3,149	1,246	215	174	41
2017-18	4,788	4,584	3,229	1,355	204	159	45
2018-19	4,952	4,709	3,290	1,419	243	171	72
2019-20	5,156	4,930	3,391	1,539	226	168	58
2020-21	5,200	4,918	3,381	1,537	282	199	83
2021-22	5,487	5,200	3,559	1,641	287	193	94
2022-23	5,714	5,442	3,708	1,734	272	184	88
Average	4,926	4,926	3,294	1,395	4,926	176	61

Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,511 where 1,689 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado School of Mines since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,499	1,108	821	287	391	179	212
2014-15	1,506	1,154	831	323	352	166	186
2015-16	1,449	1,138	807	331	311	157	154
2016-17	1,459	1,092	777	315	367	157	210
2017-18	1,421	1,115	792	323	306	178	128
2018-19	1,373	1,092	778	314	281	172	109
2019-20	1,472	1,201	827	374	271	205	66
2020-21	1,544	1,226	836	390	318	248	70
2021-22	1,700	1,239	829	410	461	345	116
2022-23	1,689	1,291	880	411	398	306	92
Average	1,511	1,511	818	348	1,511	211	134

Colorado School of Mines Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.92%. The percentage was 70.64% 10 years ago and Mines still has a high percentage of white students. 5.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.07% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado School of Mines over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	13	230	65	417	2	4,090	195
2014-15	13	231	52	417	3	4,213	244
2015-16	8	258	61	409	5	4,242	279
2016-17	14	262	67	423	4	4,262	283
2017-18	21	275	70	482	3	4,293	302
2018-19	22	264	62	529	4	4,344	323
2019-20	21	291	63	615	4	4,464	321
2020-21	26	305	66	685	2	4,580	329
2021-22	25	339	79	746	2	4,790	380
2022-23	31	378	79	791	4	4,954	406
Average	19	283	66	551	3	4,423	306

Colorado School of Mines Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

199 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado School of Mines from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,962	0	0	5,962
2015-16	6,054	6	25	6,023
2016-17	6,069	2	26	6,041
2017-18	6,209	5	91	6,113
2018-19	6,325	29	99	6,197
2019-20	6,628	82	217	6,329
2020-21	6,744	126	534	6,084
2021-22	7,187	236	683	6,268
2022-23	7,403	199	544	6,660
Average	6,509	76	247	6,186

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