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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Mining Engineering Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to be the most popular school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Women make up 7% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

About 27% of the students majoring in mining engineering at the school are women while 73% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the town of Socorro.

Of the 9 students majoring in mining engineering at New Mexico Tech, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great place for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 15 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

Women make up 25% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 20% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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Montana Technological University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mining engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 75% of the mining engineering majors at the school.

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#8

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

West Virginia University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mining engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in mining engineering at the school are women while 67% are male.

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University of Nevada - Reno did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mining engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in mining engineering at UNR, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#9

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #9, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Mining Engineering at University of Utah Report

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 15 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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