2025 Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
3Colleges in the Southeast Region
90Mining and Mineral Engineering Degrees Awarded
Mining & Mineral Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #732 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 degrees in mining & mineral engineering annually.
Choosing a Great Mining & Mineral Engineering School
Your choice of mining & mineral engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Mining & Mineral Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Mining & Mineral Engineering Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Mining & Mineral Engineering in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of mining and mineral engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Mining and Mineral Engineering
Every student who is interested in mining & mineral engineering has to take a look at Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 44 mining & mineral engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Kentucky if you want to pursue a degree in mining & mineral engineering. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 23 mining & mineral engineering students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in mining & mineral engineering has to take a look at West Virginia University. WVU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Morgantown. This university ranks 2nd out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 23 mining & mineral engineering students who graduated with this degree at WVU in the most recent data year.
Mining & Mineral Engineering Related Rankings by Major
Mining & Mineral Engineering is one of 0 different types of Mining Engineering programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of mining & mineral engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Mining & Mineral Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
