2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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In 2019-2020, 327 people earned their degree in mining and mineral engineering, making the major the 718th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 72 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in mining and mineral engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining and mineral engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining and mineral engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree mining and mineral engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 5 masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’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.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at WVU

#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #3 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at UK

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae.

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