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Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying mining engineering, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received their master's degree in mining engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mining Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Mining Engineering

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in mining engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mining engineering majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Mining Engineering Master’s Program

20% Women
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 mining engineering majors earned their master's degree from Virginia Tech. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in mining engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Mining Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in mining engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,030 $164,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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