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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 53 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining & Mineral Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$25,602 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mining and Mineral Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Socorro, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s mining and mineral engineering students in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech also made our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Tech are $25,602.

Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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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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