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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools

16 Colleges
$69,426 Avg Salary
$26,873 Avg Student Debt

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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mining Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mining engineering majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri University of Science and Technology the most popular school in the United States for mining engineering students. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a great place for mining engineering students. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Socorro.

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#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mining engineering programs. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mining engineering programs. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Montana Technological University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mining engineering students. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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University of Nevada - Reno landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mining engineering programs. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

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Mining Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

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 16 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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