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Mechanical engineering at Mines

Mines graduates about 321 mechanical engineering majors a year, 27% of its graduating class. That puts it 31st of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 48 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 65% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $97,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#31 of 332 for mechanical engineering →
Graduates a year32127% of the class
Courses in the catalog48more than 65% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$97,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma 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 mechanical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Earth Mechanics Institute/Drilling Lab, Engineering Annex, Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (WISEM), Center for Technology and Learning Media, Labriola Innovation Hub, 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 mechanical engineering ranking

  1. California Institute of Technology 83
  2. Texas A&M University 82
  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison 82
  4. United States Military Academy at West Point 81
  5. The Ohio State University 80
  6. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 80
  7. Villanova University 80
  8. University of Pennsylvania 80

Other strong majors at Mines

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Mines with every school we score in mechanical engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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