2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Mining Engineering 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.
The Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value 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.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Mining Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Montana Technological University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for mining engineering students. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.
Montana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $22,509 in tuition and fees each year.
Montana Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great value for mining engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Mines undergraduate students pay an average of $40,838 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mining engineering majors at Mines take out is $25,500.
Mines also made our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $28,345 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, U of U also did well on our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 41 |
| Utah | 8 |
| Montana | 21 |
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Majors Related to Mining Engineering
Mining Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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.
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