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2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$30,564 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,334 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mining Engineering Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Mining Engineering

Our analysis found Montana Technological University to be the best value school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a 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 undergraduate student at Montana Tech are $22,509 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Montana Tech also is in the top 15% of our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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The excellent programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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.

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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 3 spot on the list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U of U also is in the top 20% of our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Full Mining Engineering at University of Utah Report

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

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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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