by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 15 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in mining engineering. 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.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 1 masters’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. UNR is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mining Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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