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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering

4 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$31,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in mining engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree mining engineering students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s mining engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree mining engineering students list, Michigan Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mining Engineering at Michigan Tech

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree mining engineering students list, Missouri University of Science and Technology has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Mining Engineering Report

#3

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate list. Colorado School of Mines is a public institution located in Golden, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mines are $39,800.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at Mines

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mining Engineering Schools for a Doctorate. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s mining engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UK Mining Engineering Report

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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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