2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 327 people earned their degree in mining and mineral engineering, making the major the 718th most popular in the United States.

Across Alaska, there were 2 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining and mineral engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 and mineral engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree mining and mineral engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mining & Mineral Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae.

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