Colorado School of Mines Student Population

How many students at Mines?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Colorado School of Mines has a total enrollment of 8,044 students, including 6,195 undergraduate and 1,849 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 5,474 male students (68.1%) and 2,570 female students (31.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 5,236 White students (65.1%) and 1,006 Hispanic students (12.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 6,195 undergraduate students (77%) and 1,849 graduate students (23%).
• Class Delivery: 213 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 512 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - Mines's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 5,474 male (68.05%) and 2,570 female (31.95%) students are attending Colorado School of Mines. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 213.00.

By class level, 6,195 (77.01%) are undergraduate students and 1,849 (22.99%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 68.14% are male and 31.86% are female, while among graduate students, 67.77% are male and 32.23% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,236 White, 117 Black, and 461 Asian students out of a total of 8,044 are attending at Colorado School of Mines. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Colorado School of Mines is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 55.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Mines has 79 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 6,284 students under 25 years old, and 1,315 students over 25 years old out of 7,599 total students.

Mines has 5,643 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 196 students aged 25 and over.

It has 641 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,119 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Colorado School of Mines, 213 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 512 students are enrolled in some online courses.

77 students who live in Colorado or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 136 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,195 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 153 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.47%.137 students have transferred in as full-time status and 16 students transferred in as part-time status.