Mining & Mineral Engineering at Michigan Technological University

If you are interested in studying mining & mineral engineering, you may want to check out the program at Michigan Technological University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Michigan Tech is located in Houghton, Michigan and approximately 6,873 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mining & Mineral Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Michigan Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mining and Mineral Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Mining and Mineral Engineering

Michigan Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Rankings

The mining and mineral engineering major at Michigan Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mining & Mineral Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in mining and mineral engineering, making the school the #8 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mining and Mineral Engineering Student Demographics at Michigan Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mining and mineral engineering majors at Michigan Technological University.

Michigan Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of mining and mineral engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining and mineral engineering at Michigan Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor's in mining and mineral engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Michigan Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of mining and mineral engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan Technological University with a master's in mining and mineral engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Mining and Mineral Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in mining and mineral engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Michigan Technological University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Mining and Geological Engineers	100	$78,700

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michigan Technological University Photo Services under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.