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2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$28,659 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mining engineering was ranked #302 in the country. In fact 314 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mining engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Mining Engineering

Our analysis found Montana Technological University to be the best value school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Montana Tech is a small public school located in the 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 also made our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.

Full Mining Engineering at Montana Technological University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mining engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the 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.

Mines not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mining engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Utah

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 41
Utah 8
Montana 21

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

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 3 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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