Mines-at_a_Glance

Department	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total
Chemistry	81	30	111
Chemical Engineering	359	41	400
Economics & Business	74	75	149
Engineering	1,061	123	1,184
Environmental Sciences & Engineering	n/a	67	67
Geochemistry	n/a	13	13
Geology	82	81	163
Geophysics	72	46	118
Hydrology	n/a	11	11
Liberal Arts & International Studies	n/a	4	4
Materials Science	n/a	30	30
Mathematical & Computer Sciences	207	42	249
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	140	64	204
Mining Engineering	95	34	129
Petroleum Engineering	326	60	386
Petroleum Reservoir Systems	n/a	7	7
Physics	258	38	296
Undecided	454	n/a	454
TOTAL	3,209	766	3,975

Students

The excellence of Mines is reflected in an outstanding student body:

The average SAT and ACT scores of 2006-2007 freshmen were 1260 and 27, respectively. The average GPA was 3.7.
Approximately 82% of new students were in the top 25% of their high school class.
Eighty-five percent of all Mines students receive financial aid.
International students, representing 43 countries, make up almost 8% of the student body. International students account for nearly 21% of Mines' graduate student population.
Female students comprise 23% of the student body at Mines.
Minority enrollment accounts for 13% of the total student population.
Mines has more than 100 student clubs, including one of the largest student chapters of the Society of Women Engineers in the country. More than 70% of Mines students participate in the intramural and club sports program, and 16% in varsity athletics.
Mines has 18 intercollegiate athletic teams, more than any other Division II school in the State of Colorado.
Twenty percent of Mines students are active in the Greek System. There are eight fraternities and three sororities at the School.

Exemplary Institution

The State of Colorado designated Mines an “Exemplary Institution” in 2002 through the passage of Senate Bill 229. While Mines remains a public institution, this designation enables the School to redefine its reporting relationship with the state, providing a much greater degree of autonomy with regard to admissions, tuition, academic programs and performance measures.

Financial Profile

Colorado School of Mines is rated a "best buy" in Barron's ninth (2006) edition of its annual Best Buys in College Education.
Alumni, friends, corporations and foundations contributed approximately $16 million to Colorado School of Mines during fiscal year 2006.
The Mines endowment is approximately $155 million. Gifts of endowment, more than any other form of support, enable wise and flexible use of resources to meet ongoing needs while providing for new initiatives.

Colorado School of Mines’ revenue for fiscal year 2006 was approximately $120 million.

Tuition and state funding accounted for 45% of School revenues, grants and contracts 31%, auxiliary enterprises and other revenue 13%, and private gifts 11%.

By the end of fiscal year 2006, Mines had surpassed the $125 million goal of Transforming Resources: The Campaign for Mines, the largest and most ambitious campaign in School history, raising $135 million in current and future funding for the School.

Recruitment

Last year, a record number of organizations - 160 - attended Career Day. On-campus recruiting yielded over 450 job offers. The top employers by number of offers extended were:

1) Schlumberger Technology Corporation
2) Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
3) Kiewit
4) Chevron
5) Lockheed Martin
6) Newmont Mining Corporation
7) ConocoPhillips
8) Halliburton
9) Phelps Dodge Corporation
10) U.S. Steel Corporation
11) U.S. Air Force

The placement rate at graduation of 2006 graduates was 90%. Ninety-seven percent of May 2005 graduates had been placed within one year.
Graduates earned an average starting salary of $53,264; the highest salary offer for the Class of 2006 was $150,000.
Petroleum Engineering graduates were offered the highest average starting salary in 2006 at $69,751.
Among degree options, highest placement rates were in Petroleum Engineering, Geophysical Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering.
Other options in high demand were Mining Engineering and Civil Engineering.

Centers and Institutes

Colorado School of Mines houses 26 research centers and institutes. These include:

Advanced Steel Processing & Products Research Center

Performs research of direct benefit to the users and producers of steels, educates graduate students within the context of research programs of major theoretical and practical interest to the steel-using and steel-producing industries, stimulates undergraduate education in ferrous metallurgy, and serves as a forum to stimulate advances in the processing, quality and application of steel. The Center is a unique partnership between industry, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Colorado School of Mines.

Center for Automation, Robotics, and Distributed Intelligence

Applies advanced engineering and computer science research in neural networks, robotics, data mining, image processing, signal processing, sensor fusion, information technology, sensor and actuator development, distributed networks and artificial intelligence to problems in environment, energy, natural resources, materials, transportation, information, communications and medicine. The Center concentrates on problems which are not amenable to traditional solutions within a single discipline, but require a multi-disciplinary systems approach.

Center for Engineering Education

Serves as a focal point for educational research conducted by CSM faculty. The Center conducts world-class research on teaching and learning in science and education, uses the results to continually improve instruction at Mines, and supports the educational needs of science and engineering instructors at the pre-college, college, graduate and professional development levels.

Center for Space Resources

Develops research and technology dedicated to the human and robotic exploration of space and the utilization of its resources for the benefit of humankind through the joint efforts of academic institutions, government agencies, international partners and the private sector.

Center for Wave Phenomena

Researches inverse problems and problems of seismic data processing and inversion using methods that have applications to seismic exploration, global seismology, ocean sound-speed profiling, nondestructive testing and land-mine detection, among other things. The Center has sponsorship for its interdisciplinary research from 26 companies in the worldwide oil exploration industry.

Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics

Translates scientific advancements in ceramics into new and improved ceramic fabrication processes and ceramic materials. Established at CSM in 1988 as a joint effort between the School and the Coors Ceramics Company (now CoorsTek), the Center is dedicated to excellence in research and graduate education in high technology ceramic and composite materials.

Colorado Energy Research Institute

Promotes research and educational activities through networking among all constituencies in Colorado, including government agencies, energy industries, and universities. Originally established in 1974 and reestablished in 2004, the Center serves as a state and regional resource on energy and energy related minerals issues, providing energy status reports, sponsorship of symposia, demonstration programs and reports on research results.

Reservoir Characterization Project

Develops and applies 4-D, 9-C seismology and associated technologies for enhanced reservoir recovery. The Project is an industry-sponsored research consortium established in 1985 at CSM. Interdisciplinary research currently focuses on dynamic reservoir characterization, which enables monitoring of the reservoir production process.

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