by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Mining & Mineral Engineering is the 732nd most popular major in the country with 314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mining and mineral engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular mining and mineral engineering programs in the United States.
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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 and Mineral Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan Technological University Mining & Mineral Engineering Report
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