2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Southeast Region
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Mining Engineering is the 306th most popular major in the country with 312 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , mining engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $70,054 and had an average of $22,171 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 90 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,406 and $22,905 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mining engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mining engineering.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree mining engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s mining engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Kentucky Mining Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s mining engineering students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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