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2025 Best Mining Engineering Schools in Kentucky

1 College in Kentucky
23 Mining Engineering Degrees Awarded
$84,287 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in mining engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #306 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

There was only one school in Kentucky to review for the 2025 Best Mining Engineering Schools in Kentucky ranking.

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Bachelor's Degrees in Mining Engineering
Master's Degrees in Mining Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Mining Engineering

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 Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Mining Engineering in Kentucky

The schools below may not offer all types of mining engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Kentucky Schools in Mining Engineering

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Kentucky is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in mining engineering. UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington.More information about a degree in mining engineering from University of Kentucky

Best Mining Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Mining Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Virginia 274 20
West Virginia 207 17

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Mining Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Mining Engineering Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mining & Mineral Engineering 23

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Majors Similar to Mining Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 397
Civil Engineering 221
Computer Engineering 176
Electrical Engineering 168
Chemical Engineering 133
Industrial Engineering 76
Biomedical Engineering 45
Agricultural Engineering 34
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 33
Engineering Physics 28

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