Mining Engineering at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269. Of the 4,540 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 14 of them were mining engineering majors.

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.

WVU Mining Engineering Degrees Available

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

WVU Mining Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the mining engineering progam at WVU 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 WVU 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
	14

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in mining engineering from WVU. This makes it the #8 most popular school for mining engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Mining Engineering Graduates from WVU Make?

The median salary of mining engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $57,766. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $71,308 for all mining engineering students.

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The mining engineering program at WVU awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 57% of these degrees went to men with the other 43% going to women. The typical mining engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% women. So female students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining engineering at WVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in mining engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU Mining Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in mining engineering from WVU in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU also has a doctoral program available in mining engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Architectural and Engineering Managers	500	$139,030
Mining and Geological Engineers	110	$76,050

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

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