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Civil engineering at Mines

Mines graduates about 82 civil engineering majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 20th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $94,000 four years out, 1.11× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

85/100Standout#20 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year827% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$94,0001.11× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma 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 civil 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 civil engineering ranking

  1. New York University 87
  2. Princeton University 87
  3. Carnegie Mellon University 86
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 85
  5. Johns Hopkins University 85
  6. New Jersey Institute of Technology 84
  7. San Diego State University 84
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83

Other strong majors at Mines

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Mines with every school we score in civil 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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