2025 Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Mining & Mineral Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #732 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 degrees in mining & mineral engineering annually.

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Mining & Mineral Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

The mining and mineral engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region. 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 & Mineral Engineering in the Southwest Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the mining and mineral engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Mining and Mineral Engineering

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in mining & mineral engineering has to check out University of Arizona. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in mining & mineral engineering from University of Arizona

2

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in mining & mineral engineering needs to check out New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population.More information about a degree in mining & mineral engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining & mineral engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	670	30
New Mexico	416	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Mining and Mineral Engineering

One of 0 majors within the Mining Engineering area of study, Mining & Mineral Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae.

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