Established – 1874

Location – Golden City

Ranking – 84th in National Universities

Overview – Colorado School of Mines is a public institution located in the city of Golden, Colorado in the United States. Informally the college is known as Mines and was established to come up as a supply center of miners during the gold rush. Over the years, it has been recognised for it’s rigorous engineering and applied science courses. It has 14 departments and also offers courses in Humanities and Business. Getting to the placement record, more than 88% of the graduates get hired in the industry. Mines also offers great research opportunities for the students in different streams of engineering.