2022 Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mining Technology/Technician is the 1308th most popular major in the country with 24 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 11 mining technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 mining technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mining technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mining technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Pierpont Community and Technical College

Fairmont, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$11,040 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and it awarded 3 associates’s mining tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pierpont Community and Technical College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,040 for southeast region associate degree mining tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College.

Full Pierpont Community and Technical College Mining Technology/Technician Report

#2

Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$7,409 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madisonville Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Madisonville Community College is a small school located in Madisonville, Kentucky that handed out 2 associates’s mining tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Madisonville Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mining Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $7,409 for southeast region associate degree mining tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Madisonville Community College.

Read full report on Mining Technology/Technician at Madisonville Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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