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Colorado School of Mines

CO · Public · West · National university · Top 100 tier · 5,681 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate58%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2022

Admission rates

Overall
0%30%60%'19'20'21'2253.1%55.0%56.9%58.0%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding (no Early Decision) · School admissions page ↗What this means:
The school’s admissions website (page ↗) lists Early Action, non-binding (no Early Decision) for Fall 2027. Its 2022-23 Common Data Set (file ↗) lists only Early Decision.

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “The easiest way to submit your ACT or SAT scores is to include them in your application. ... If you've been accepted and decide to enroll at Mines, you'll need to request your official scores be sent from the testing agency.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡69%SAT 45% + ACT 24%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT45%
686 students
Submitted ACT24%
365 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2022. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1340–1460 median 1400
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
Not reported
SAT Math
680–760 median 710
500800
ACT composite
30–33 median 31
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2022

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22100%84.0%69.0%81.0%83.0%53.0%45.0%52.0%31.0%24.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'221260–1450145012601280–1430143012801320–1460146013201340–146014601340

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'19'20'21'2227–33332728–33332829–33332930–333330

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2022: 3%
  • 2021: 4%
  • 2019: 2%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Recommended2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Recommended2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 53% submitted SAT and 31% ACT (2021-22 CDS).

Notes

Sources