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2023 Best Mining Engineering Colleges for Veterans in Colorado

1 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$42,800 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Mining Engineering

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 Colorado for Mining Engineering” 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 Colorado, there were 41 mining engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,308 and $25,500 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mining engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mining engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Mining Engineering” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Mining Engineering

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado vets studying mining engineering.

Top 1 Best Mining Engineering Colleges for Veterans in Colorado

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Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Mining Engineering list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 41 ’s mining engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Mines supports 6,744 students, and 234 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 145 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,456. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mines does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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%.

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