2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Mining & Mineral Engineering is the 732nd most popular major in the country with 314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 62 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining and mineral engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining and mineral engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining and mineral engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying mining and mineral engineering.
Top 2 Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 5 masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying mining and mineral engineering list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 119 of the 37,024 students enrolled at Virginia Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,314. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Virginia Tech Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Master’s list. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
WVU also made our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1,033 of the 26,269 students enrolled at West Virginia University were GI Bill® students, of which 458 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,599. In addition to receiving other benefits, 66 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full WVU Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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