2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mining Engineering is the 306th most popular major in the country with 314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 95 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,419 and $28,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful mining engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Plains States Region

1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

2

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

#13 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s mining engineering students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

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

• *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.

Credits

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