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2023 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

14 Colleges
$69,426 Avg Salary
$26,873 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 314 people earned a degree or certificate in mining engineering, making the major the #302 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in the United States for mining engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mining engineering schools in the United States. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

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Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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Montana Technological University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree mining engineering programs. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mining engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree mining engineering programs. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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#9

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

With a ranking of #9, University of Kentucky did quite well on this year’s best schools for mining engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Nevada - Reno did quite well on this year’s best schools for mining engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. UNR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Reno.

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Mining Engineering by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Mining Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Mining Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae.

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