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2025 Best Mining Engineering Schools in West Virginia

1 College in West Virginia
23 Mining Engineering Degrees Awarded
$84,287 Avg Early-Career Salary
Mining Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #306 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

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

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Best Schools for Mining Engineering in West Virginia

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the mining engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top West Virginia Schools in Mining Engineering

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Every student pursuing a degree in mining engineering needs to check out West Virginia University. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who receive their degree from the mining engineering program make around $85,897 for their early career.

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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
Kentucky 244 25

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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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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 222
Civil Engineering 131
Industrial Engineering 116
Electrical Engineering 97
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 86
Petroleum Engineering 71
General Engineering 65
Computer Engineering 60
Biomedical Engineering 45
Chemical Engineering 37

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