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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges
$63,406 Avg Salary
$28,744 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mining Engineering 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 Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southeast 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.

Check out the mining engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the most popular school for mining engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

Full Mining Engineering at University of Kentucky Report

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

Full Mining Engineering at West Virginia University Report

Best Mining Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mining engineering schools 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 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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