2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 67 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s EE degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. 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 University Electrical Engineering Report

#2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also took the #0 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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