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

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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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Mining Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for mining engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the most popular school in the Southeast Region for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

About 20% of the students majoring in mining engineering at the school are women while 80% are male.

Full Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great place for mining engineering students working on their master’s degree. WVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

Of the 3 students majoring in mining engineering at WVU, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 3 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 3 spot on the list. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

Full Mining Engineering at University of Kentucky Report

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

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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 3 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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