2027 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in New Mexico
[Mining Engineering](/majors/engineering/mining-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong mining engineering education at a price that pays off.
To produce this 2027 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for mining engineering students.
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2027 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in New Mexico
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in mining engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Mining Engineering Schools
For return on investment in mining engineering, no school beat New Mexico Institute Of Mining And Technology this year. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Institute Of Mining And Technology is a small public university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $9,476, with out-of-state students paying around $27,247. Students borrow a median of $18,747 to complete the mining engineering program here. Early-career mining engineering graduates make about $64,561. Set against $18,747 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Roughly 44% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the one ranked school only.
- 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).
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