2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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Mining & Mineral Engineering is the 718th most popular major in the country with 327 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 72 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mining and mineral engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mining and mineral engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mining and mineral engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree mining and mineral engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree mining and mineral engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at Virginia Tech

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s mining and mineral engineering students in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Kentucky Mining & Mineral Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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