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2023 Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Mining Engineering is the #249 most popular major in the country with 132 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Mining Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Mining Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Montana Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mining engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Montana Tech is a small public school located in the town of Butte.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

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Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 14
Utah 3
Montana 4

Mining Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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