Colorado School of Mines

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	research university public educational institution of the United States engineering school university
inception	1873
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Golden
headquarters location	Golden
street address	1500 Illinois Street 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO, 80401
postal code	80401
coordinate location	39.7511, -105.2225
elevation above sea level	5,784 foot
official website	https://www.mines.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	4,700 7,172 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	800 · unknown
admission rate	55% · 2020
admission yield rate	18% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

ranking	501 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 Earlier figures (2) 465 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 461 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity · 2021 high undergraduate research doctoral: STEM-dominant four-year, medium, primarily residential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in professions focus, high graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$353,375,071 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (1) $396,680,530 · 30 June 2021

Structure and memberships

member of	Orbital Reef University Advisory Council · since 25 October 2021 ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 American Council on Education Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Council on Governmental Relations
athletics program	Colorado Mines Orediggers

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

image	CSMEnginneeringHall.jpeg · media legend: Engineering Hall, le second bâtiment par ordre chronologique du campus. (fr)
logo image	Colorado school mines logo.png
seal image	Colorado School of Mines seal.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Colorado School of Mines
topic's main category	Category:Colorado School of Mines
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Colorado School of Mines alumni
API endpoint URL	https://idp.mines.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
social media followers	18,924 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28147271 · 3 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 17,155 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28147271 · 8 January 2022 15,716 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28147271 · 5 January 2021 14,800 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28147271 · 19 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (43)

ARWU university ID	Colorado-School-of-Mines
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12423486x
CiNii Research ID	1140845216702183552
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)	2GZ5fV · subject named as: 科罗拉多矿业学院 · last update: 3 December 2024
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)	311843
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Facebook username	ColoradoSchoolofMines
Freebase ID	/m/01y1ps
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GND ID	1805-3
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KISTI ID	K000206998
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Libraries Australia ID	36187653
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LittleSis organization ID	39471
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	167576493
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA00970029
NLA Trove people ID	1225994
NUKAT ID	n2003011759
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100008917
OpenAlex ID	I167576493
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Quora topic ID	Colorado-School-of-Mines
Ringgold ID	3557
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SEVIS school ID	4041
SNARC ID	Q48631
subreddit	ColoradoSchoolOfMines · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Colorado School of Mines · 23 May 2023
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Times Higher Education World University ID	colorado-school-mines
VIAF cluster ID	141300059
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["University", "ColoradoSchoolOfMines::4szrw"]
X (Twitter) username	coschoolofmines · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 14,800 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 28147271 · 19 April 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	2516
‎Yale LUX ID	group/7ea7855a-99b7-471a-badc-8caff5d276bf