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Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech

Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech

Every mining engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the mining engineering program at Virginia Tech stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year.

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.

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Rankings

The mining engineering major at Virginia Tech 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.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in mining engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of mining engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining engineering at Virginia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in mining engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Master’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of mining engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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In the mining engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Mining Engineering

Mining Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mining & Mineral Engineering 20

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,030 $164,300

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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