2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$63,406
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 62 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,406 and $28,744 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 29,986 students enrolled at University of Kentucky were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UK]](/colleges/university-of-kentucky/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mining engineering students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 37,024 students enrolled at Virginia Tech, 119 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,314. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 26,269 students enrolled at West Virginia University, 1,033 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 458 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,599. During this same period, 66 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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