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2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

12 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mining Engineering is the 299th most popular major in the country with 327 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mining engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 12 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school situated in Rolla, Missouri. It awarded 12 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. 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.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Mining Engineering Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 3 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U of U Mining Engineering Report

#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Montana Tech is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana Tech, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Tech are $19,429, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a small public school situated in Socorro, New Mexico. It awarded 15 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

New Mexico Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology are $25,602, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Mining Engineering Report

#12 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, and it awarded 1 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF also made our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at UAF

#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Virginia Tech ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s mining engineering students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

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#9 in overall quality

University of Nevada - Reno ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Nevada - Reno is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 2 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mining Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

#8

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia
#11 in overall quality

West Virginia University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. West Virginia University is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 1 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree mining engineering students with aid list, WVU has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154.

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#5 in overall quality

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.

SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

University of Arizona ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 1 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Arizona Mining Engineering Report

#11

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Colorado School of Mines came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Golden, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mining engineering degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800.

Full Colorado School of Mines Mining Engineering Report

#12

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#7 in overall quality

University of Kentucky came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Kentucky is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 4 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree mining engineering students with aid list, UK has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Kentucky

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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.

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