2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 the Plains States region, there were 90 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,800 and $28,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mining engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$30,943 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s mining engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943.

Read more about Mining Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 7 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also made our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae.

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