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2023 Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 314 people earned their degree in mining engineering, making the major the 306th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mining engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,426 and had an average of $26,873 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mining engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mining engineering.

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Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region mining engineering students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan Technological University is a medium-sized public school situated in Houghton, Michigan. It awarded 3 ’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Mining Engineering at Michigan Tech

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified ’s mining engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Mining Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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