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Best Mining Engineering Schools in Colorado

2023 Best Mining Engineering Schools in Colorado

1 College
$71,308 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mining Engineering School for You

With 41 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mining engineering is the #159 most popular major in Colorado.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Mining Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Colorado to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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Check out the mining engineering programs at this school if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Best Mining Engineering School

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in Colorado for mining engineering students. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

Mining Engineering majors at Mines take out an average of $25,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Mining Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 8
Montana 21

One of 40 majors within the area of study, mining engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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