You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in mining engineering. It is ranked #268 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for mining engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 33 bachelor's degrees in mining engineering to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mining engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of mining engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for mining engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mining engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mining engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mining Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mining engineering needs to take a look at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.
After graduation, mining engineering bachelor's recipients typically earn about $90,514 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
