Mining Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 8 mining engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UNR.

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.

UNR Mining Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNR Mining Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the mining engineering progam at UNR compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The mining engineering major at UNR 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
Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in mining engineering from UNR. This makes it the #9 most popular school for mining engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in mining engineering, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in mining engineering from UNR. About 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical mining engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% women. So female students are more repesented at UNR since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mining engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNR Mining Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a master's degree in mining engineering from UNR. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Reno 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	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNR also has a doctoral program available in mining engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Geoscience 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Architectural and Engineering Managers	780	$141,210
Mining and Geological Engineers	350	$85,640

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.