Mines-at_a_Glance

Department	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total
Chemistry & Geochemistry	70	37	107
Chemical Engineering	328	39	367
Economics & Business	87	72	159
Engineering	1,072	99	1,171
Environmental Sciences & Engineering	n/a	78	78
Geochemistry	n/a	12	12
Geology & Geological Engineering	83	102	185
Geophysics	58	51	109
Materials Science	n/a	31	31
Mathematical & Computer Sciences	229	41	270
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	158	58	216
Mining Engineering	79	36	115
Petroleum Engineering	246	61	307
Physics	262	31	293
Undecided	426	n/a	426
TOTAL	3,098	748	3,846

Students

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

The average SAT and ACT scores of 2005-2006 freshmen were 1250 and 27, respectively. The average GPA was 3.7.
Approximately 81% 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 52 countries, make up approximately 7% of the student body. International students account for nearly 24% of Mines' graduate student population.
Female students comprise 23% of the student body at Mines.
Minority enrollment accounts for close to 13% of the total student population, and the number of committed minority students has increased by 10% in each of the last two years.
The percentage of accepted out-of-state applicants who commit to enroll at Mines has increased 25% in the last two years.
Eighty-five percent of the student body participates in extra-curricular activities such as band, clubs or student government. Seventy percent participate in intramural sports and 13% in varsity athletics.
Twenty percent of Mines students are active in the Greek System. There are eight fraternities and three sororities at the School.

Faculty Profile

Mines faculty members balance their teaching responsibilities with their research interests and have pioneered many advances in all facets of the energy, minerals, materials, manufacturing and environmental fields.

The Mines faculty is composed of more than 300 men and women from all over the world, of which 182 are tenure-track, 98 are research faculty and 29 are lecturers or instructors.
More than 99% of Mines’ full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty hold a doctoral degree.
The student/faculty ratio is 15:1. The average undergraduate class size is 26, and 70% of Mines’ classes have 30 students or fewer.
Mines' world-class faculty hold a total of 22 endowed professorships and chairs. Of these, 10 endowed faculty positions are distinguished chairs, the highest level of distinction a faculty member can hold.
Over $30 million in research funding was secured in fiscal year 2005. Of this total, 61% of the awards were from federal agencies, 34% from private industry and 5% from the state. The School maintains over 25 independent research centers and institutes.

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 among the nation's "top 100 values" as selected by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
Alumni, friends, corporations and foundations contributed approximately $20 million to Colorado School of Mines during fiscal year 2005.
The Mines endowment is approximately $140 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 2005 was approximately $115 million.

Tuition and state funding accounted for 49% of school revenues, grants and contracts 32%, auxiliary enterprises and other revenue 10%, and private gifts 9%.

As of January 1, 2006, Mines has surpassed the $125 million goal of Transforming Resources: The Campaign for Mines, which is expected to conclude in June.

Recruitment

Last year 99 companies conducted on-campus interviews and 168 companies participated in campus career fairs. The top 10 employers by number of offers extended were:

1) Lockheed Martin
2) Schlumberger Technology Corporation
3) ChevronTexaco (Chevron)
4) Northrup Grumman Corporation
5) ATK Thiokol, Inc.
6) BP
7) ExxonMobil
8) Fast Enterprises
9) Intel
10) Phelps Dodge Corporation

Seventy-three percent of undergraduates in the Class of 2005 either had a job offer or were accepted to graduate school before graduation.
Graduates earned an average starting salary of $50,167; highest salary offer for the Class of 2005 was $72,000.
Petroleum engineering graduates were offered the highest average starting salary in 2005 at $63,314.
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 more than 25 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 Commercial Applications of Combustion in Space

Assists industry in developing commercial products by conducting combustion research which takes advantage of the unique properties of space and addresses NASA’s objectives in space. The Center’s focus is on products and processes in which combustion or chemical reactions play a key role and which can benefit from knowledge gained through experiments conducted in space.

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 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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