Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $100,252. That places the institution at the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
That figure is $42,951 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and Azimuth places the return pillar in the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $15,633 more than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 92nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $15,656.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $23. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $14,834.
Four years after finishing a degree, federally aided completers at Colorado School of Mines who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $100,252. That measurement draws on an earnings cohort of 1,175 graduates.
That median falls in the 97th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $15,633 more than the model expects for similar students.
That result falls in the 92nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a typical outcome of $100,252, a downside scenario of $90,466, and an upside scenario of $123,662.
An estimated 23.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Graduates of Colorado School of Mines earn a median of $100,252 four years after completing a degree, at the 97th percentile. That figure sits $42,951 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks the university #68 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $15,633 more than the model expects for similar students.
The gap lands at the 92nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $15,656.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $23. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $14,834.
The university is overwhelmingly an engineering and applied-science campus. The downside earnings scenario, estimated from the program mix, sits at $90,466 and the upside at $123,662.
An estimated 23.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Earnings scenarios range from $90,466 on the downside to $123,662 on the upside, with $100,252 as the typical scenario. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the upper end, Computer Science graduates earn $127,217 four years after completion, and Petroleum Engineering graduates earn $116,691. Mining and Mineral Engineering, a smaller program, reports $109,695.
Graduates of Colorado School of Mines earn about $15,633 more than the model expects for similar students. The debt load is the other side of that return.
The published cost of attendance is $40,560. After grants and scholarships, aid recipients in the lowest income band average $16,849, while those in the highest band average $35,112.
The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $18,263, and net prices are averages; individual aid packages vary. Borrowers who finish leave with a median of $23,000 in federal student loans, $1,771 above the peer median of $21,229 for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The estimated payment on that debt is $261 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent borrowers hold a separate median of $53,505 in Parent PLUS loans.