Colorado School of Mines vs University of Arizona

Golden, CO · Tucson, AZ · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair CO:AZ

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE CO × AZ
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • University of Arizona: net price ranged $13,358–$16,150 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.2% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Colorado School of Mines: average net price rose +17.1% from $24,980 (2013) to $29,240 (2023), r² 0.61.
  • Colorado School of Mines: acceptance rate eased +59.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.85).
  • University of Arizona: acceptance rate eased +11.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.83).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Colorado School of Mines vs University of Arizona

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Colorado School of Mines leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($82,950 vs $47,665 at University of Arizona)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Arizona leads on avg net price ($16,674 vs $28,690 at Colorado School of Mines)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Colorado School of Mines leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($97,335 vs $59,979 at University of Arizona)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Colorado School of Mines and University of Arizona?
Colorado School of Mines leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $82,950 versus $47,665 at University of Arizona. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Colorado School of Mines and University of Arizona?
University of Arizona leads on avg net price at $16,674 versus $28,690 at Colorado School of Mines. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Colorado School of Mines and University of Arizona?
Colorado School of Mines leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $97,335 versus $59,979 at University of Arizona. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025