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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master's in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 9 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 general engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota master’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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