by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Mining & Mineral Engineering is the 732nd most popular major in the country with 314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 15 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in mining and mineral engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in mining and mineral engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Nevada - Reno is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 8 bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Mining & Mineral Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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