2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 5 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree mining and mineral engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$21,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at Michigan Tech

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering (With Aid)

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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