University

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Public
Campus setting: Suburban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $21,914
Out-of-state tuition: $45,824
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 6,155

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2024–2025 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

60.7%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution

Majors

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biological/Biosystems Engineering
Engineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Engineering
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Civil Engineering
Engineering
Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Economics
Social Sciences
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Deadlines

Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

How many responses?

Required short responses

Mines’ first-year application page identifies short responses as a required application component; the exact prompts are presented in the application.

2026–2027

Required · First-year applicants
What do you hope to study, and why, at Mines?
No length limit reported — Verbatim prompt recorded from the official first-party source.
https://undergraduate-admissions.mines.edu/first-year/

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $60
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Fee waiver · Optional
Value: Accepted
Common App fee-waiver availability listed in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Required
Value: Required short responses
Mines’ first-year application page identifies short responses as a required application component; the exact prompts are presented in the application.
https://undergraduate-admissions.mines.edu/first-year/

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, and personal-essay fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?126775
Retrieved 2026-06-10

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11)

Not reported by institution

Average high-school GPA (C12)

Not reported by institution

First-year applications (C1)

11,436 applicants

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

First-year students admitted (C1)

6,940 students

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

First-year students enrolled (C1)

1,602 students

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 6,195 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,964 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 231 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 42%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 18%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 730 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 670 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 750 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 29 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 33 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Colorado School of Mines Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.mines.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

2022–2023 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

58.0%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,733 students; Official CDS B1 total undergraduate enrollment as of October 19, 2022.
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 5,454 students; Sum of the official CDS B1 full-time undergraduate gender totals.
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 279 students; Sum of the official CDS B1 part-time undergraduate gender totals.

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 10,886 applicants; Official CDS C1 total degree-seeking first-time, first-year applicants for Fall 2022.
First-year students admitted (C1): 6,314 students; Official CDS C1 total degree-seeking first-time, first-year admits for Fall 2022.
First-year students enrolled (C1): 1,515 students; Official CDS C1 total degree-seeking first-time, first-year enrollment for Fall 2022.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): 22.9%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): 53.1%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): 19.7%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): 3.8%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): 0.5%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
Average high-school GPA (C12): 3.85 GPA

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 45%; Official CDS C9 percentage of enrolled first-year students submitting SAT scores.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 24%; Official CDS C9 percentage of enrolled first-year students submitting ACT scores.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score; The official CDS labels this assessment Writing; it is the report’s SAT verbal/reading-and-writing assessment.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 728 score; The official CDS labels this assessment Writing; it is the report’s SAT verbal/reading-and-writing assessment.
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 680 score
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 760 score
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 30 score
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 33 score

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 17:1; Official CDS reports 17 to 1, based on 6,958 students and 415 faculty.

Source: Colorado School of Mines Common Data Set 2022-2023 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: page:https://ir.mines.edu/common-data-set/#2022-2023 · Import: cds-2026-09-v113-colorado-school-of-mines

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