2022 Best Value Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Alaska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in Alaska For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mining Engineering is the 299th most popular major in the country with 327 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Alaska, there were 2 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in Alaska For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in Alaska For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in Alaska For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$14,970 Average Net Price

$40,388 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in Alaska For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 2 ’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mining Engineering Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $14,970 for Alaska Mining Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UAF.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

• Best Value Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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.

Credits

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

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