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2023 Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$31,800 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Master’s” 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 Far Western US region, there were 15 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mining engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying mining engineering.

Top 1 Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mining Engineering for a Master’s list. UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s mining engineering degrees to qualified students.

UNR not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Nevada - Reno supports 20,722 students, and 669 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 351 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,493. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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