2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in South Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,485 people earned their degree in materials engineering, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $63,129 and had an average of $23,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 3 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the materials engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SD Mines, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Materials Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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