Mining & Mineral Engineering at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying mining & mineral engineering, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Rankings

The mining and mineral engineering major at Virginia 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.

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

Mining and Mineral Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of mining and mineral engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining and mineral 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 and mineral 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 and mineral engineering.

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 & Mineral Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of mining and mineral engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the mining and mineral 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 and mineral engineering.

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

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

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