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2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master's in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 327 people earned their degree in mining engineering, making the major the 299th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mining engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $72,088 and had an average of $25,501 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 2 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mining engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree mining engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Alaska

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s mining engineering students in 2019-2020.

UAF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287.

Read more about Mining Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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