2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician in the Southeast Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 15 people earned their degree in mining technology/technician, making the major the 1458th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4 mining technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 mining technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,020 and $16,931 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in mining technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mining technology/technician.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree mining tech students.
Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Madisonville Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madisonville, Kentucky, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s mining tech students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mining Technology/Technician at Madisonville Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Southwest Virginia is a public institution located in Cedar Bluff, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Mining Technology/Technician at Southwest Virginia Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Fairmont, West Virginia. It awarded 0 associates’s mining tech degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Mining Technology/Technician at Pierpont Community and Technical College
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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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