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Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found Michigan Technological University to be the most popular school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Mining Engineering at Michigan Technological University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1
Illinois 0

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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