Mining Engineering at University of Kentucky

If you plan to study mining engineering, take a look at what University of Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. In 2021, 19 mining engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UK.

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

UK Mining Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Mining Engineering

UK Mining Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks mining engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UK performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The mining engineering major at UK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mining 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	13

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in mining engineering from UK. This is the #11 most popular school for mining engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in mining engineering, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at UK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mining engineering majors at University of Kentucky.

UK Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in mining engineering from UK in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical mining engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% women. So female students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining engineering at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in mining engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UK Mining Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 mining engineering major earned their master's degree from UK.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UK also has a doctoral program available in mining engineering. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Industrial Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering

Careers That Mining Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in mining 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,940	$117,490
Engineering Professors	170	$80,500
Mining and Geological Engineers	150	$94,810

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 Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.