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Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in Virginia

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2023 Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in Virginia

1 College
$69,045 Avg Salary
$26,552 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mining Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 7 degrees and certificates were awarded to mining engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #170 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Virginia to see which 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 school tops our list of the Most Popular Mining Engineering Colleges.

#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 Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Mining Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

Best Mining Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mining Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 6
West Virginia 3

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 values are for the top school 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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