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2023 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$31,800 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s” 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 Far Western US region, there were 15 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mining engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The mining engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying mining engineering.

Top 1 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UNR also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 669 of the 20,722 students enrolled at UNR were GI Bill® students, of which 351 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,493. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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