If you have a child looking for a college major and career path, think about mining

I know there's a lot of uncertainty with AI and what jobs will be there for the younger generation but the number of college graduations with mining engineering degrees have fallen off a cliff not only in the US but in Canada and Australia and with half of current engineers reaching retirement age over the next decade, the country and the Western world need new grads.

If you've got a kid that's interested, schools will go a long way to accommodate them.

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At the university level, the United States’ 14 mining schools have collectively graduated roughly 185 to 200 mining engineers per year, into an annual demand of 400 to 500, over the last few years, said Stephen Enders, head of the mining engineering department at the Colorado School of Mines.

“Professionally, we just don’t have the student numbers in our mining-related university programs to meet the demand of the current needs for the industry,” he said.

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Foreign Policy magazine

School of Mines, UK , Arizona, WVA and Penn State are among the schools to consider.

Mining Schools List