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2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Materials Engineering is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality materials engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the materials engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The materials engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota materials engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Materials Engineering in South Dakota (With Aid)

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 in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 ’s materials engineering degrees 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 Schools in South Dakota” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is $19,815 for South Dakota Materials Engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at SD Mines

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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