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.

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 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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of mining engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical mining engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% women. So female students are more repesented at WVU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 71% 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.

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	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU Mining Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of mining engineering master's degrees went to men and 43% went to 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	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Mining Engineering

The following mining engineering concentations are available at West Virginia University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at West Virginia University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mining & Mineral Engineering	17

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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