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Finding the Best Mining Engineering Doctor'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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mining Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the mining engineering doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our analysis found University of Arizona to be the most popular school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 29% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great place for mining engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

About 17% of the students majoring in mining engineering at the school are women while 83% are male.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 8 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mining engineering schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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University of Nevada - Reno came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mining engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the 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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Michigan Technological University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree mining engineering programs. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized 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 8 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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