Golden, CO · Public
60.7%
Acceptance rate
1,403
SAT Average
$29,240
Avg net price
5,801
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,372Master’s 627Doctoral 120 |
| Bachelor’s 1,011Master’s 342Doctoral 78 |
| Bachelor’s 284Master’s 85Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s 14Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s 54Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s 38Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 51Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 34Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 9Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division II
- Primary conference
- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports18
Athletic participation
524 unique student-athletes · 18 varsity teams
Priority Application Deadline
Decision released by Dec 15
Regular Application Deadline
Decision released by Feb 15
FAFSA due Mar 1
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $18,930
- Required fees
- $2,984
- Food and housing
- $17,531
- Books and supplies
- $1,500
- Other expenses
- $2,800
- Total
- $43,745
- $36,6522019–2019–20
- $37,1992020–2120–21
- $38,2032021–2221–22
- $39,5292022–2322–23
- $42,0062023–2423–24
- $43,7452024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $29,240 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2022–23
- First-years with need-based aid
- 46%
- Average share of need met
- 67%
- Average need-based grant
- $5,433
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Colorado School of Mines’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 2 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2022–23).
Colorado School of Mines admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 2 years of Common Data Set filings.
Colorado School of Mines runs one binding Early Decision round.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Colorado School of Mines withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,515 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 53% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 31%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
45% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
24% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Colorado School of Mines’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 75% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 43% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.85
High-school class rank
Among the 43% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Colorado School of Mines rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
Colorado School of Mines leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Colorado School of Mines's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $29,240 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 664 of 1,448 first-years in the 2022–23 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Colorado School of Mines offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Colorado School of Mines admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
Waitlist ranked
Not disclosed93% of Colorado School of Mines’s first-years return for a second year and 79.4% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03