Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Mines

At Colorado School of Mines, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.08%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 60.00%. Mines's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.17%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of Mines applicants decreased by -9.78% (1,065 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.08%, and this year's acceptance rate is 60.00% at Colorado School of Mines. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 45.53% and women students' rate is 56.81%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Colorado School of Mines over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	37.43%	35.36%	42.73%
2014-15	36.47% -0.96%	34.06% -1.30%	42.56% -0.18%
2015-16	37.67% 1.20%	35.74% 1.68%	42.24% -0.31%
2016-17	40.35% 2.68%	38.72% 2.98%	44.07% 1.82%
2017-18	55.72% 15.36%	53.22% 14.50%	61.56% 17.50%
2018-19	49.19% -6.53%	44.56% -8.67%	61.02% -0.55%
2019-20	53.08% 3.89%	46.78% 2.23%	66.61% 5.60%
2020-21	54.97% 1.89%	48.86% 2.08%	67.50% 0.89%
2021-22	57.00% 2.04%	53.00% 4.13%	65.01% -2.50%
2022-23	58.00% 1.00%	54.55% 1.55%	65.64% 0.64%
2023-24	60.00% 2.00%	56.00% 1.46%	66.00% 0.35%
Average	49.08%	45.53%	56.81%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.17% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Colorado School of Mines from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.70%	22.85%	19.26%
2014-15	22.20% 0.49%	24.49% 1.64%	17.56% -1.70%
2015-16	22.66% 0.46%	23.22% -1.27%	21.52% 3.96%
2016-17	19.69% -2.97%	20.82% -2.41%	17.43% -4.09%
2017-18	19.19% -0.50%	19.43% -1.38%	18.68% 1.25%
2018-19	19.25% 0.07%	21.06% 1.63%	16.24% -2.44%
2019-20	20.54% 1.29%	22.56% 1.50%	17.50% 1.26%
2020-21	17.70% -2.84%	20.71% -1.85%	13.23% -4.27%
2021-22	21.00% 3.29%	22.99% 2.28%	17.98% 4.76%
2022-23	23.95% 2.95%	25.28% 2.29%	21.49% 3.51%
2023-24	25.00% 1.05%	25.01% -0.27%	22.98% 1.49%
Average	21.17%	22.59%	18.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,624, the average number of admitted is 5,666, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,194.

The number of Mines applicants decreased by -9.78% (1,065 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Colorado School of Mines from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	11,682	4,373	949
2014-15	12,340 5.63%	4,501 2.93%	999 5.27%
2015-16	11,752 -4.76%	4,427 -1.64%	1,003 0.40%
2016-17	12,284 4.53%	4,957 11.97%	976 -2.69%
2017-18	10,618 -13.56%	5,916 19.35%	1,135 16.29%
2018-19	12,661 19.24%	6,228 5.27%	1,199 5.64%
2019-20	11,756 -7.15%	6,240 0.19%	1,282 6.92%
2020-21	12,044 2.45%	6,620 6.09%	1,172 -8.58%
2021-22	12,022 -0.18%	6,853 3.52%	1,439 22.78%
2022-23	10,886 -9.45%	6,314 -7.87%	1,512 5.07%
2023-24	9,821 -9.78%	5,893 -6.67%	1,473 -2.58%
Average	11,624	5,666	1,194

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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