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 New Mexico” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Mining Engineering is the 306th most popular major in the country with 314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New Mexico, there were 12 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mining engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The mining engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in New Mexico”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico bachelor’s degree mining engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in New Mexico list. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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