2023 Most Popular Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mining Technology/Technician is the 1458th most popular major in the country with 8 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in mining technology/technician. To top this list, a school must have a successful mining technology/technician program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for mining tech students.

Top 7 Most Popular Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician

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Utah State University
Logan, Utah

$42,623 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,954 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s mining tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mining Technology/Technician at Utah State University

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Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, Arizona

$42,785 Average Early-Career Earnings

$9,500 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Arizona College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major list. This small school is located in Thatcher, Arizona, and it awarded 0 ’s mining tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Arizona College Mining Technology/Technician Report

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Southwest Virginia Community College
Richlands, Virginia

$27,976 Average Early-Career Earnings

$6,607 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major. Southwest Virginia Community College is located in Richlands, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s mining tech degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Mining Technology/Technician at Southwest Virginia

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Wabash Valley College
Mount Carmel, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wabash Valley College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major list. Wabash Valley College is located in Mount Carmel, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s mining tech degrees to qualified students.

Full Wabash Valley College Mining Technology/Technician Report

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Pierpont Community and Technical College
Fairmont, West Virginia

$47,123 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,490 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major list. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 0 ’s mining tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mining Technology/Technician at Pierpont Community and Technical College

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Vincennes University
Vincennes, Indiana

$37,687 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,840 Average Student Debt

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Vincennes University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vincennes University is a fairly large school located in Vincennes, Indiana that handed out 0 ’s mining tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mining Technology/Technician at Vincennes University

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Madisonville Community College
Madisonville, Kentucky

$41,288 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,597 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madisonville Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining Tech Major list. Madisonville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s mining tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mining Technology/Technician at Madisonville Community 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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jeffrey Beall.