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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools

17 Colleges
$69,426 Avg Salary
$26,873 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mining Engineering 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 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mining Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the mining engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found Missouri University of Science and Technology to be the most popular school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average amount in student loans that mining engineering majors at Missouri University of Science and Technology take out is $28,000.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

On average, mining engineering graduates from University of Arizona take out $23,375 in student loans while working on their degree.

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The excellent programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mining engineering schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

On average, mining engineering graduates from Mines take out $25,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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The excellent programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mining engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The excellent programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best mining engineering schools in the United States. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

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Montana Technological University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools ranking. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.

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#7

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools ranking. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

While working on their degree, mining engineering majors at Virginia Tech accumulate an average of around $26,552 in student debt.

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#8

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mining engineering programs. WVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

The average amount in student loans that mining engineering majors at WVU take out is $30,936.

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With a ranking of #9, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mining engineering students. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population.

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University of Nevada - Reno did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mining engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. UNR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Reno.

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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 17 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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