2023 Most Focused Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 8 people earned their degree in mining technology/technician, making the major the 1458th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1 mining technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mining technology/technician.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region mining tech students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Mining Technology/Technician in the Southeast Region

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Southwest Virginia Community College
Richlands, Virginia

$27,976 Average Early-Career Earnings

$6,607 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region. Richlands, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s mining tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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Madisonville Community College
Madisonville, Kentucky

$41,288 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,597 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madisonville Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Madisonville Community College is a small public school situated in Madisonville, Kentucky. It awarded 0 ’s mining tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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Pierpont Community and Technical College
Fairmont, West Virginia

$47,123 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,490 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pierpont Community and Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Mining Tech Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and it awarded 0 ’s mining tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jeffrey Beall.