2025 Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you're seeking a Master's Degree in mining engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #251 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 master's degrees in mining engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to mining engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mining engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for mining engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mining engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mining engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Mining Engineering Schools

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 Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mining Engineering in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in mining engineering.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Mining Engineering

1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO

15 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Missouri University of Science and Technology if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mining engineering. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Rolla.More information about a master’s in mining engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology

2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD

10 Annual Graduates

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in mining engineering. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.More information about a master’s in mining engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	11
South Dakota	89	14

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Mining Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Mining Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mining Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Mining & Mineral Engineering	25

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	281
Mechanical Engineering	276
Civil Engineering	211
Biomedical Engineering	209
Industrial Engineering	137
Computer Engineering	109
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	87
General Engineering	85
Chemical Engineering	85
Geoscience Engineering	67

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae. More about our data sources and methodologies.