Mining and Mineral Engineering
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Early Career Income
$107,013
Lifetime Income
$5.67M
Unemployment rate
4.4%
Female share
10.9%
Occupation concentration
52.1%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
22.0%
% who double-major
11.2%
BA Graduates from 2024
151
-14.7% vs 2023
How Mining and Mineral Engineering compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
88th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 88% of majors
12th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 12% of majors
67th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 67% of majors
Top occupations
- Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
- Civil Engineers
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Mining and Mineral Engineering.
- Mining and Mineral Engineering
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology