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Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the most popular school in the Southeast Region for mining engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Full Mining Engineering at University of Kentucky Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mining engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 7
Kentucky 6
West Virginia 3

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 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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