2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in South Dakota

Civil Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #36 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the most popular for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of civil engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 85 bachelor's degrees in civil engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in South Dakota

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Civil Eng Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD

49 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in civil engineering in South Dakota.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the civil eng program report average early career income of $58,700.

More information about a bachelor’s in civil engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

36 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In SD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at South Dakota State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in civil engineering in South Dakota.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn an average of $58,600 for their early career.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	217	263
Minnesota	210	143
Iowa	193	232
Kansas	175	107
Nebraska	174	117
North Dakota	141	126

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Civil Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Civil Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Civil Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	85

Majors Similar to Civil Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	193
Electrical Engineering	49
Chemical Engineering	43
Industrial Engineering	35
Metallurgical Engineering	22
Mining Engineering	20
Computer Engineering	15
Geoscience Engineering	15
Agricultural Engineering	8
Engineering Physics	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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