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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree 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.

The Most Popular Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 15 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mining engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to be the most popular school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in mining engineering at SD Mines, 93% are male and 7% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 27% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mining engineering schools in the United States. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population.

About 22% of the students majoring in mining engineering at the school are women while 78% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mining engineering schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in mining engineering at Mines, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great place for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

Of the 5 students majoring in mining engineering at Virginia Tech, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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Montana Technological University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree mining engineering programs. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Butte.

Of the 4 students majoring in mining engineering at Montana Tech, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#8

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

Women make up 33% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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#9

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Nevada - Reno did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. UNR is a very large public school located in the large city of Reno.

About 50% of the students majoring in mining engineering at the school are women while 50% are male.

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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 15 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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