In 1898, Florence Caldwell Jones was the first female to complete a course of studies at Mines. Ten years ago there were 455 female students and now there are 740. Almost half of the female undergraduates are majoring in engineering or in chemical engineering. On the graduate level, more female students are drawn to geology and to environmental science and engineering. International students from 60 countries attended CSM this fall.
China tops the list, followed by United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Ten years ago the countries with the highest representation were Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Indonesia and China - in that order. There are almost as many students from Mongolia as Canada, and more from Turkey than Mexico.