Which Colorado School of Mines major has the lowest debt?

Engineering Physics and Applied Mathematics graduates leave with a median of $21,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Colorado School of Mines bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Colorado School of Mines cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $21,914 a year, and $45,824 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,690 a year.

How many Colorado School of Mines programs report graduate pay?

13 bachelor's programs at Colorado School of Mines report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Colorado School of Mines Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Golden, CO
6,155 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Colorado School of Mines bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($86,268), and Applied Mathematics the least ($50,398). The median program pays $72,858.

In-state tuition and fees$21,914Per year. Out-of-state $45,824

Average net price after aid$28,690Per year

Graduation rate82%Within 6 years

Admission rate61%Of applicants

All 13 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Colorado" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Colorado. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Colorado
1	Computer ScienceAbout 222 graduates a year	$86,268	$136,319	$23,000	1st of 7
2	Mining EngineeringAbout 17 graduates a year	$83,309	$121,247	$25,000	1st of 1
3	Electrical EngineeringAbout 80 graduates a year	$80,815	$103,408	$22,000	2nd of 5
4	Metallurgical EngineeringAbout 61 graduates a year	$78,984	$93,910	$26,269	1st of 1
5	Petroleum EngineeringAbout 60 graduates a year	$77,400	$105,804	$27,000	1st of 1
6	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 321 graduates a year	$74,145	$93,871	$25,000	1st of 6
7	Engineering PhysicsAbout 53 graduates a year	$72,858	$96,528	$21,500	1st of 1
8	Civil EngineeringAbout 83 graduates a year	$70,301	$91,060	$25,000	4th of 4
9	Environmental EngineeringAbout 30 graduates a year	$69,102	$83,766	$23,500	1st of 3
10	Geological EngineeringAbout 46 graduates a year	$68,694	$84,373	$27,000	1st of 1
11	Chemical EngineeringAbout 149 graduates a year	$68,318	$95,781	$27,000	2nd of 3
12	Biomedical EngineeringGraduates a year not reported	$56,529	$100,802	$25,000	1st of 2
13	Applied MathematicsAbout 32 graduates a year	$50,398	$89,416	$21,500	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Colorado ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Colorado programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$86,268
Mining Engineering$83,309
Electrical Engineering$80,815
Metallurgical Engineering$78,984
Petroleum Engineering$77,400

Lowest median debt

Engineering Physics$21,500
Applied Mathematics$21,500
Electrical Engineering$22,000
Computer Science$23,000
Environmental Engineering$23,500

Largest programs

Mechanical EngineeringAbout 321 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 222 graduates a year
Chemical EngineeringAbout 149 graduates a year
Civil EngineeringAbout 83 graduates a year
Electrical EngineeringAbout 80 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $86,268 in their first year, the most of 13 Colorado School of Mines bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Colorado rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels