by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 8,480 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across South Dakota, there were 3 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,452 and $37,011 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. SD Mines is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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