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2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$29,704 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mining Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mining engineering was ranked #249 in the country. In fact 132 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for mining engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mining engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Mining Engineering

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the best value school in the Southwest Region for mining engineering students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $35,153 in tuition and fees each year.

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$24,254 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mining Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Socorro.

New Mexico Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,254 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 30
New Mexico 9

More Mining Engineering Rankings in the Southwest Region

One of 39 majors within the area of study, mining engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Mining Engineering

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 2 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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