2024 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in mining engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #268 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

There was only one school in the Great Lakes Region to review for the 2024 Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mining Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in mining engineering.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Mining Engineering

1

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

2 Annual Graduates

Michigan Technological University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in mining engineering. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Houghton.More information about a bachelor’s in mining engineering from Michigan Technological University

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

2 Annual Graduates

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in mining engineering. SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Carbondale.More information about a bachelor’s in mining engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	2
Illinois	241	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Mining Engineering

Mining Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Mining Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Mining & Mineral Engineering	4

Majors Similar to Mining Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	6,256
Electrical Engineering	2,869
Computer Engineering	2,643
Civil Engineering	1,983
Chemical Engineering	1,772
Biomedical Engineering	1,368
Industrial Engineering	1,265
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	757
General Engineering	523
Agricultural Engineering	409

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alastair Rae. More about our data sources and methodologies.