2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mining and mineral engineering. 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.

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.

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The mining and mineral engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering 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. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s mining and mineral engineering degrees to qualified students.

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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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 Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Kentucky Mining & Mineral Engineering Report

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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.

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