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Chemical engineering at Mines

Mines graduates about 152 chemical engineering majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 67th of 163 schools we score for chemical engineering, a solid program at 60 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

60/100Solid#67 of 163 for chemical engineering →
Graduates a year15213% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$95,0000.97× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate61%whole school
SAT middle 50%1330–1488whole school

Around Mines

Engineering Hall at the Colorad School of Mines- the overlay is a copy of a host
Engineering Hall at the Colorad School of Mines- the overlay is a copy of a hostPhoto: cogdogblog · CC BY 2.0 · source
Hall of Engineering at Colorado School of Mines
Hall of Engineering, CSMPhoto: Xnatedawgx · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A Silver metal Mines Diploma
Mines Silver DiplomaPhoto: Colorado School of Mines · Public domain · source
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, Golden, Colorado, US
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, Golden, Colorado, USPhoto: Clyde Charles Brown · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where chemical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Annex, Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM), Colorado School of Mines Multicultural Engineering Program, Engineering Hall, CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 34 · Dorm 15 · Athletics 10 · Offices 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the chemical engineering ranking

  1. University at Buffalo–SUNY 60
  2. Villanova University 60
  3. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 60
  4. Iowa State University of Science and Technology 60
  5. University of Utah 59
  6. University of Colorado Boulder 59
  7. California State Polytechnic University–Pomona 58
  8. Stevens Institute of Technology 58

Other strong majors at Mines

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Mines with every school we score in chemical engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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