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2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$30,564 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,334 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mining Engineering 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for mining engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mining Engineering Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Mining Engineering

Our analysis found Montana Technological University to be the best value school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Montana Tech is a small public school located in the town of Butte.

Montana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $22,509 in tuition and fees each year.

Montana Tech also made our Best Mining Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.

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The excellent programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mining engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $40,838 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mines is ranked #1 for overall quality for mining engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Read full report on Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great value for mining engineering students. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $28,345 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at University of Utah

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 14
Utah 3
Montana 4

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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.

  • 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.

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