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2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Plains States Region

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2 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 95 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,419 and $28,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mining Engineering in the Plains States Region

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Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s mining engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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