2022 Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Kentucky, there were 26 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining and mineral engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mining and mineral engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky

The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree mining and mineral engineering students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s mining and mineral engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at University of Kentucky

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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

• *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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