Degree Programs Overview
Colorado School of Mines offers 99 degree programs through Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 3 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
A total of 1,963 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at Mines. 1,205 students completed bachelor's programs and 520 completed master's programs.
The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at Mines. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.
Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
| Total Programs | Online Programs | Completers |
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| Total | Men | Women |
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| Bachelor's | 20 | NOT OFFERED | 1,205 | 801 | 404 |
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| Master's | 33 | NOT OFFERED | 520 | 365 | 155 |
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| Doctor's | 27 | NOT OFFERED | 136 | 89 | 47 |
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| Post-Graduate Certificate | 19 | 3 | 102 | 72 | 30 |
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Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation
The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Colorado School of Mines. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.
The Petroleum Engineering program has the highest salary ($99,390) after graduation and the Computer Science program is reported as the second-highest earning program with a $97,622 average salary.
Bachelor Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
| Field of Study | Average Salary (2020) | Average Loan Debt |
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| Yearly | Monthly | Yearly | Monthly |
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| Petroleum Engineering |
$99,390 | $8,283 | $26,500 | $281 |
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| Computer Science |
$97,622 | $8,135 | $22,500 | $239 |
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| Mining and Mineral Engineering |
$91,467 | $7,622 | - | - |
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| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering |
$82,164 | $6,847 | $21,500 | $228 |
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| Chemical Engineering |
$78,404 | $6,534 | $26,798 | $284 |
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| Engineering Physics |
$77,926 | $6,494 | $21,500 | $228 |
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| Biomedical/Medical Engineering |
$75,665 | $6,305 | $23,370 | $248 |
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| Mechanical Engineering |
$74,590 | $6,216 | $23,000 | $244 |
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| Metallurgical Engineering |
$73,628 | $6,136 | $25,745 | $273 |
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| Civil Engineering |
$73,446 | $6,121 | $23,402 | $248 |
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| Engineering, General |
$67,901 | $5,658 | - | - |
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| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering |
$64,118 | $5,343 | $23,250 | $246 |
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Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
| Field of Study | Average Salary (2020) | Average Loan Debt |
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| Yearly | Monthly | Yearly | Monthly |
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| Engineering-Related Fields |
$94,221 | $7,852 | $23,150 | $263 |
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| Geological/Geophysical Engineering |
$90,384 | $7,532 | - | - |
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| Mechanical Engineering |
$84,256 | $7,021 | $30,500 | $347 |
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| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences |
$82,134 | $6,845 | - | - |
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| Civil Engineering |
$74,275 | $6,190 | - | - |
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Popular Programs with Most Completers
Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Colorado School of Mines.
At the school, the Mechanical Engineering Bachelor program has the most completers of 321 and the Computer Science Bachelor program has the second most completers of 222 students.
Popular Bachelor Programs
| Field of Study | Number of Completers | Men | Women |
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| Mechanical Engineering | 321 | 235 | 86 |
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| Computer Science | 222 | 172 | 50 |
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| Chemical Engineering | 149 | 83 | 66 |
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| Civil Engineering | 83 | 52 | 31 |
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| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 80 | 69 | 11 |
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| Metallurgical Engineering | 61 | 36 | 25 |
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| Petroleum Engineering | 60 | 40 | 20 |
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| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | 53 | 38 | 15 |
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| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | 46 | 17 | 29 |
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| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 32 | 17 | 15 |
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Popular Master Programs
| Field of Study | Number of Completers | Men | Women |
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| Computer Science | 68 | 53 | 15 |
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| Mechanical Engineering | 52 | 44 | 8 |
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| Systems Engineering | 45 | 30 | 15 |
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| Engineering/Industrial Management | 40 | 28 | 12 |
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| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 30 | 24 | 6 |
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| Civil Engineering | 28 | 15 | 13 |
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| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | 27 | 14 | 13 |
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| Chemical Engineering | 25 | 14 | 11 |
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| Hydrology and Water Resources Science | 21 | 10 | 11 |
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| Mining and Mineral Engineering | 20 | 18 | 2 |
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Popular Doctoral Programs
| Field of Study | Number of Completers | Men | Women |
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| Materials Engineering | 16 | 6 | 10 |
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| Civil Engineering | 13 | 9 | 4 |
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| Geophysics and Seismology | 12 | 8 | 4 |
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| Chemical Engineering | 11 | 5 | 6 |
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| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | 10 | 7 | 3 |
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| Metallurgical Engineering | 10 | 8 | 2 |
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| Mechanical Engineering | 10 | 9 | 1 |
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| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 9 | 3 | 6 |
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| Chemistry (other) | 8 | 5 | 3 |
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| Petroleum Engineering | 8 | 8 | - |
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Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers
Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
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| Computer Science | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
222 | 68 |
5 |
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| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
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| Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
17 | 8 |
0 |
15 |
|---|
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
0 | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
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| Chemical Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
149 | 25 |
11 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Civil Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
83 | 28 |
13 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 0 |
0 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
80 | 17 |
4 |
0 |
|---|
| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
53 | 10 |
NOT OFFERED |
1 |
|---|
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
30 | 4 |
1 |
27 |
|---|
| Materials Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 7 |
16 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
321 | 52 |
10 |
NOT OFFERED |
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| Metallurgical Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
61 | 18 |
10 |
NOT OFFERED |
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| Mining and Mineral Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
17 | 20 |
5 |
4ONLINE |
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| Nuclear Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 4 |
3 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Petroleum Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
60 | 14 |
8 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Systems Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 45 |
4 |
7 |
|---|
| Manufacturing Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 14 |
NOT OFFERED |
7 |
|---|
| Operations Research | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 0 |
0 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
46 | 27 |
10 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 12 |
0 |
0 |
|---|
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
0 | 4 |
1 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Engineering (other) | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
0 | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Engineering/Industrial Management | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 40 |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Biochemistry | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
20 | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Mathematics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
0 | 0 |
0 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
32 | 14 |
0 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Behavioral Sciences | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 8 |
NOT OFFERED |
0 |
|---|
| Data Science, General | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 12 |
NOT OFFERED |
18 |
|---|
| Business Analytics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
11 |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Chemistry | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
15 | 5 |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Chemistry (other) | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
8 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Geology/Earth Science | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 6 |
0 |
0 |
|---|
| Geochemistry | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 1 |
0 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Geophysics and Seismology | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 4 |
12 |
0 |
|---|
| Hydrology and Water Resources Science | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 21 |
0 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other) | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 3 |
NOT OFFERED |
2 |
|---|
| Physics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
6 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Physics (other) | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 4 |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Economics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
5 | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Applied Economics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
5 |
|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 30 |
9 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Certificate | Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctorate | Post-Graduate |
|---|
| Economics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
5 | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Applied Economics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
5 |
|---|
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | 30 |
9 |
NOT OFFERED |
|---|
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
0 |
|---|
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other) | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED | NOT OFFERED |
NOT OFFERED |
6 |
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