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Mining & Petroleum Technology at Mountain Empire Community College

Mining & Petroleum Technology at Mountain Empire Community College

If you plan to study mining & petroleum technology, take a look at what Mountain Empire Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MECC is located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and approximately 2,253 students attend the school each year.

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

MECC Mining & Petroleum Technology Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Mining & Petroleum Tech (Less Than 1 Year)

MECC Mining & Petroleum Technology Rankings

Concentrations Within Mining & Petroleum Technology

If you plan to be a mining & petroleum tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mountain Empire Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

Careers That Mining & Petroleum Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in mining & petroleum tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Mountain Empire Community College.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Engineering Technicians 3,580 $77,280

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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