Colorado School of Mines

Mines is a public research university at Golden, Colorado, specialising in engineering and applied science across 20 academic departments, with a reported 55% acceptance rate. It is unusually direct about its international funding position, stating on its own international FAQ: 'Mines awards very few scholarships for new first-year or transfer international students.' What does exist is substantial where it lands. The President's Scholarship is awarded on the admission application alone, renewable for eight consecutive semesters, and Mines publishes the non-resident band explicitly: 'Colorado resident scholarship annual amounts range from USD 2,500 to USD 7,000; non-resident annual amounts range between USD 12,000 and USD 16,000.' A FAFSA is not required to renew it and the threshold is a 2.500 grade average. Mines also superscores TOEFL section scores across sittings.