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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$31,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $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 the Plains States region, there were 90 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,800 and $28,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree mining engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mining Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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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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