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Mechanical Engineering by the numbers
2,086
undergraduate students
238
master’s and PhD students
52
faculty
$81,700
2024 average starting salary for BSME graduates
$14.3 million
awarded research in
fiscal year 2024
$84,200
2024 average starting salary for MSME graduates
#2
in return-on-investment for
low income students
78.5%
undergrads who complete internships
#1
Best College in Colorado
Wall Street Journal, 2024
Top 30
Best Value Colleges in America and Best Colleges for Engineering, Niche, 2025
Student Highlights
Colorado School of Mines has qualified for the finals of NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Competition. The Capstone ...
The combined team from Colorado School of Mines and Arapahoe Community College were selected as winners of the end of year 1 ...
Edikan Udofia’s early professional years at the Aiteo Group showed him to the dynamic energy challenges of the African continent. ...
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Ventzi Karaivanov
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