2023 Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 314 people earned their degree in mining and mineral engineering, making the major the 732nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining and mineral engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining and mineral engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining and mineral engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, SIUC supports 11,366 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SIUC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Mining and Mineral Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized school located in Houghton, Michigan that handed out 2 bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mining & Mineral Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, Michigan Tech supports 6,873 students, and 126 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 70 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,246. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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