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2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$25,562 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Mining Engineering is the #302 most popular major in the country with 314 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Mining Engineering

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

SD Mines graduate students pay an average of $20,116 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate students pay an average of $31,008 in tuition and fees each year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 55
South Dakota 28

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 averages are for the top 2 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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