Mining & Mineral Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

What traits are you looking for in a mining and mineral engineering school? To help you decide if New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's mining and mineral engineering program.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and has a total student population of 1,686.

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.

New Mexico Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Degrees Available

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

New Mexico Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Rankings

The mining and mineral engineering major at New Mexico 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.

Mining and Mineral Engineering Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mining and mineral engineering majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of mining and mineral engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical mining and mineral engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% women. So female students are more repesented at New Mexico Tech since its program graduates 55% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining and mineral engineering at New Mexico 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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 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	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

New Mexico Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of mining and mineral engineering master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

In the mining and mineral engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a master's in mining and mineral engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	5
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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Mining and Geological Engineers	240	$140,130

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 Atomic Energy505 under License

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