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Colorado School of Mines

Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401-1887


Fax number: (303) 273-3509
Website: https://www.mines.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 5,775
Full-time undergraduates: 5,454
Part-time undergraduates: 278
Total graduate students: 1,667
Full-time graduate students: 1,275
Part-time graduate students: 392
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native
5.8% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
12.4% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
69.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.8% Nonresident Alien
2.1% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 499 acres
Nearest major city: Denver

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of students who live in school housing: 41%
Percent of students who live off campus: 59%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1000
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Society of Women Engineers; Residence Hall Association; Associated Students of Colorado School of Mines; Student Professional Societies/ and/ Religious Organizations; Multicultural Engineering Program

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's bowling  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's field hockey  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football  
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's ice hockey  
Men's indoor track  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's racquetball  
Men's rugby  
Men's skiing (downhill)  
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennis  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field  
Men's triathlon  
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling  
Women's badminton  
Women's baseball  
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowling  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's field hockey  
Women's football  
Women's golf  
Women's ice hockey  
Women's indoor track  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's racquetball  
Women's rugby  
Women's skiing (downhill)  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's table tennis  
Women's tennis  
Women's track and field  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's triathlon  
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball  
Women's water polo  
Women's wrestling  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; bowling; field hockey; football; golf; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; wrestling; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Denver International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 92% within six months of graduation

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