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#76 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#174 Best Value Schools
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#46 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#31 Civil
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#21 Materials
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#5 Petroleum
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#52 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#72 Most Innovative Schools
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#303 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#34 Top Public Schools
Colorado School of Mines is ranked #84 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
54
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
133
Graduation and retention rank
82
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
78%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
303
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
77%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
81%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
83%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
256
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
67
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
77.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
92%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
29%
Classes with 50 or more students
21%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
15:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
48
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1290-1450
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
59%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
103
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
129
Average alumni giving rate
9.6%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
