Sunday, April 11, 2010

Colorado School of Mines-Environmental Science and Engineering

It sounds like you don't have to be an engineer to get into this program.  The acceptance rate is very high, despite the fact that it is one of the top engineering schools in the country.  However, the price tag is very high--$33,000 for in-state alone--and remission of all of those fees is not guaranteed.  It sounds like an interesting program, so it may be worth checking out.

Application Deadline:  January 15 for Fall Semester; Oct. 1 for Spring Semester
Degrees Offered:  MS (thesis and non-thesis options), PhD (does not require a Master's, but one is preferred)
Min GPA:  Admitted students have an average GPA of 3.42
GRE score:  Admitted students have a combined score of ~1200 (Avg:  679 Quantitative; 515 Verbal) Undergraduates who attended the school and had a GPA greater than 3.25 can have the GRE waived.
GRE subject:  Not required
Areas of Emphasis:  Water Treatment, Reclamation, and Reuse; Contaminant Hydrology and Water Resources; Applied Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology; Environmental Characterization and Risk Analysis; Site Remediation and Environmental Restoration;  PhD students are not required to specialize in one of these areas.

Courses:  Environmental Pollution:  Sources, Characteristics, Transport, and Fate; Scientific Basis of Environmental Regulation; Solid Waste Minimization and Recycling; Environmental Water Chemistry; Environmental Risk Assessment; Experimental Design and Environmental Data Analysis; Environmental Radiochemistry; Chemistry of Soil/Water Interface; Microbial Process Analysis and Modeling; Aquatic Toxicology; Reclamation of Disturbed Lands; Mining and the Environment; Molecular Microbial Ecology and the Environment

Pre-requisites:
  • 1 year Chemistry
  • 1 semester Physics
  • 1 year Calculus
  • 1 semester Statistics
Statistics can be made up at the school, but the others are required for entry into the program.

Total Cost of Attendance:  In-state:  $33,338; Out-of-state:  $47, 504
TA'ing:  Not required.  Highly competitive to get. 
Assistantships:  Include a stipend depending on how many hours are worked.  Also eligible for tuition, fees, and health insurance remission.  But these latter are not guaranteed.
Acceptance:  82% of applicants are accepted.

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