2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k) in South Dakota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 86,730 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 243 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technologies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 15 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also made our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at SD Mines

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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