2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in South Dakota (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies programs and 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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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in South Dakota (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students 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.

Full South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Engineering Technologies Report

#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 Getting Aid list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 2 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743.

Full South Dakota State Engineering Technologies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (With Aid)

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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