2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering in Montana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Montana, there were 20 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining and mineral engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering in Montana

#1

Montana Technological University

Butte, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$19,429 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Butte, Montana, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s mining and mineral engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Technological University are $19,429, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at Montana Tech

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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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