2023 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
32
Degrees Awarded
$74,419
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 Plains States region, there were 95 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,419 and $28,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mining engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school situated in Rolla, Missouri. It awarded 18 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our “Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Missouri University of Science and Technology supports 7,642 students, and 306 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 185 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,588. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mining Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. SD Mines is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology supports 2,475 students, and 146 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 54 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,477. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers credit for military training for eligible 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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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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