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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in mining engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a small public school situated in Rapid City, South Dakota. It awarded 6 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 5 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major. Montana Tech is a small school located in Butte, Montana that handed out 5 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major. Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 26 masters’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mining engineering degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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University of Alaska Fairbanks ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 1 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Arizona ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s mining engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Michigan Technological University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mining engineering degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Virginia Tech landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major ranking. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mining engineering degrees to 5 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%.
West Virginia University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major ranking. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 6 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, University of Nevada - Reno did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major list. University of Nevada - Reno is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno
University of Utah landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major ranking. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s mining engineering students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Kentucky came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 5 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Kentucky
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major ranking. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 0 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Mining Engineering Report
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major ranking. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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