You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in mining engineering. It is ranked #268 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for mining engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 bachelor's degrees in mining engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mining engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of mining engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for mining engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mining engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mining engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mining Engineering in the Plains States Region
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for mining engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Mining Engineering
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in mining engineering has to take a look at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the mining engineering program earn around $74,419 in their early career salary.
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).
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