Enrollment Trends at Mines

The student population at Colorado School of Mines is 8,044 (6,195 undergraduate and 1,849 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,990 (32.87%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Mines is 77.01% which is increased by 1,590 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 400 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 213 male students for every 100 female students, down from 244 in 2015.
213 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,450.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,826 where 8,044 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 6,054 to 8,044 students, a gain of 1,990 (32.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado School of Mines since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,054	4,605	3,332	1,273	1,449	964	485
2016-17	6,069 15	4,610 5	3,323 -9	1,287 14	1,459 10	934 -30	525 40
2017-18	6,209 140	4,788 178	3,388 65	1,400 113	1,421 -38	970 36	451 -74
2018-19	6,325 116	4,952 164	3,461 73	1,491 91	1,373 -48	950 -20	423 -28
2019-20	6,628 303	5,156 204	3,559 98	1,597 106	1,472 99	1,032 82	440 17
2020-21	6,744 116	5,200 44	3,580 21	1,620 23	1,544 72	1,084 52	460 20
2021-22	7,187 443	5,487 287	3,752 172	1,735 115	1,700 156	1,174 90	526 66
2022-23	7,403 216	5,714 227	3,892 140	1,822 87	1,689 -11	1,186 12	503 -23
2023-24	7,599 196	5,839 125	3,975 83	1,864 42	1,760 71	1,230 44	530 27
2024-25	8,044 445	6,195 356	4,221 246	1,974 110	1,849 89	1,253 23	596 66
Average	6,826	5,255	3,648	1,606	1,572	1,078	494

Colorado School of Mines Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,255 where 6,195 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado School of Mines since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,605	4,386	3,156	1,230	219	176	43
2016-17	4,610	4,395	3,149	1,246	215	174	41
2017-18	4,788	4,584	3,229	1,355	204	159	45
2018-19	4,952	4,709	3,290	1,419	243	171	72
2019-20	5,156	4,930	3,391	1,539	226	168	58
2020-21	5,200	4,918	3,381	1,537	282	199	83
2021-22	5,487	5,200	3,559	1,641	287	193	94
2022-23	5,714	5,442	3,708	1,734	272	184	88
2023-24	5,839	5,582	3,801	1,781	257	174	83
2024-25	6,195	5,964	4,072	1,892	231	149	82
Average	5,255	5,255	3,474	1,537	5,255	175	69

Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,572 where 1,849 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado School of Mines since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,449	1,138	807	331	311	157	154
2016-17	1,459	1,092	777	315	367	157	210
2017-18	1,421	1,115	792	323	306	178	128
2018-19	1,373	1,092	778	314	281	172	109
2019-20	1,472	1,201	827	374	271	205	66
2020-21	1,544	1,226	836	390	318	248	70
2021-22	1,700	1,239	829	410	461	345	116
2022-23	1,689	1,291	880	411	398	306	92
2023-24	1,760	1,311	882	429	449	348	101
2024-25	1,849	1,377	915	462	472	338	134
Average	1,572	1,572	832	376	1,572	245	118

Colorado School of Mines Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.09%. The percentage was 70.07% 10 years ago and Mines still has a high percentage of white students. 5.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.45% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.07% to 65.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.26% to 5.73%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.01% to 1.45%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.76% to 12.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5539 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5004 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado School of Mines over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	8	258	61	409	5	4,242	279
2016-17	14	262	67	423	4	4,262	283
2017-18	21	275	70	482	3	4,293	302
2018-19	22	264	62	529	4	4,344	323
2019-20	21	291	63	615	4	4,464	321
2020-21	26	305	66	685	2	4,580	329
2021-22	25	339	79	746	2	4,790	380
2022-23	31	378	79	791	4	4,954	406
2023-24	34	438	103	883	6	4,963	447
2024-25	32	461	117	1,006	10	5,236	457
Average	23	327	77	657	4	4,613	353

Colorado School of Mines Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

213 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,450.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado School of Mines from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,054	6	25	6,023
2016-17	6,069	2	26	6,041
2017-18	6,209	5	91	6,113
2018-19	6,325	29	99	6,197
2019-20	6,628	82	217	6,329
2020-21	6,744	126	534	6,084
2021-22	7,187	236	683	6,268
2022-23	7,403	199	544	6,660
2023-24	7,599	223	499	6,877
2024-25	8,044	213	512	7,319
Average	6,826	112	323	6,391

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Enrollment Trends at Mines

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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