by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 314 people earned their degree in mining engineering, making the major the 306th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mining engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,426 and had an average of $26,873 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 70 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,334 and $25,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in mining engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in mining engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Montana Tech is located in Butte, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Mining Engineering at Montana Technological University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 27 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Utah
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