Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 48.20
Liaison Lauren Poole
Submission Date Dec. 10, 2021

STARS v2.2

Colorado School of Mines
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.83 / 4.00
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Provide at least one of the following figures:

Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
61

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
60

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
15

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
76.90

Optional Fields

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:
The Mines Diversity and Inclusion Program has policies in place to make Mines more accessible and affordable to low-income students by not only providing financing and grants, but also providing opportunities for work-study and internships, ensuring classrooms are inclusive, providing mentoring programs, and skill development programs. See mines.edu/diversity. The Strategic Plan gives more details and data on low-income students: https://www.mines.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/278/2019/02/dia-strategic-plan.pdf

A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:
Because some of our graduate students are raising families while earning their masters or PhD at Mines, the school offers family support services to non-traditional students. For more details visit https://www.mines.edu/human-resources/family-at-mines/

Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://ir.mines.edu/common-data-set/
https://ir.mines.edu/ipeds/

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