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2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$27,668 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mining Engineering Master'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 Value Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for mining engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Check out the mining engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota School of Mines and Technology the best value school in the United States for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 a year.

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Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montana Tech are $19,429 a year.

Montana Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great value for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list.

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Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great value for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Virginia Tech also is in the top 5% of our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $33,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Colorado School of Mines landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree mining engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mines also is in the top 10% of our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mining engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Tech are $25,665 per year.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree mining engineering programs. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UAF graduate students pay an average of $25,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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Mining Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
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 13 schools only.

  • 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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