Mining and Mineral Engineering
182 students earn a mining and mineral engineering credential each year across 14 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $85,897
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $94,923
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Bachelor's programs — 14 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia37$74,7931 year out$96,761$20,9072Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri20—1 year out$88,893$28,0003University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky19—1 year out$85,709—4Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado17$83,3091 year out$121,247$25,0005West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia17$85,8971 year out$92,289$24,9036University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona16$86,9241 year out$102,825$11,5007South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, South Dakota13$90,5141 year out—$27,9148University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah12—1 year out——9Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——10Montana Technological UniversityButte, Montana6—1 year out——11University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska4—1 year out——12Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan4—1 year out——13New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, New Mexico4—1 year out——14University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada1—1 year out$94,923—
Certificate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).