Good public university for Geological Engineering Major?

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<p>I am an international student who is in a community college, who want to transfer to an university with Geological Engineering major. I want to go to a public university. I prefer universities in large cities with good transportation, because I do not have a car and I plan to not buy one until I get a job. I have found University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, but that was the only one I know. Please let me have more selection.</p>

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<p>Mining engineering programs also lead to similar outcomes. </p>

<p>University of Texas Austin
University of Utah (don’t know anything about Salt Lake City’s public transit system though)
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Kentucky (Lexington is a decently sized city)</p>

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<p>Thank you for answering! Now I have more choices. It seems that every universities good at Geological Engineering is in Midwest or Central US…</p>

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<p>Very good reputation: Colorado School of Mines in Golden (suburb of Denver). It is “a state engineering university located specializing in the geosciences.” Here is the link to their Geological Engineering Department: <a href=“Home - Department of Geology and Geological Engineering”>http://geology.mines.edu/Home/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>People coming out of “Mines” seem to have no problem finding employment in their specialities. But it is also “highly selective.” The admission rate is 37% (and the applicants are a selective slice of the general applicant pool to start with). </p>

<p>One great thing about Mines is that they get lots of government and private corporation research money.</p>

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<p>Thank you for answering! Hmm… Denver?</p>

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<p>Here is the ABET accreditation search:</p>

<p><a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx”>http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Use it to find a list of the 13 geological engineering bachelor’s degree programs and the 14 mining engineering bachelor’s degree programs in the US.</p>

<p>Note that there are two other “Mines” or “Mining” schools in the US, in South Dakota and New Mexico. They are less expensive than the one in Colorado.</p>