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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

1 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 327 people earned their degree in mining engineering, making the major the 299th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mining engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $72,088 and had an average of $25,501 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Mexico, there were 15 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The mining 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 “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $48-$75k list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school situated in Socorro, New Mexico. It awarded 15 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology are $25,602, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mining Engineering at New Mexico Tech

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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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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