2025 Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in South Dakota

General Mechanical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to determine which ones were the best for general mechanical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 216 degrees in general mechanical engineering annually.

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Pick Your General Mechanical Engineering Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in South Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for General Mechanical Engineering in South Dakota

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general mechanical engineering degree levels they offer.

Top South Dakota Schools in General Mechanical Engineering

1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

110 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

41.8% Growth in Graduates

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general mechanical engineering. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.More information about a degree in general mechanical engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

106 General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Awarded

24.5% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat South Dakota State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general mechanical engineering. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the town of Brookings.More information about a degree in general mechanical engineering from South Dakota State University

Best General Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best General Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	582
Missouri	693	722
Iowa	648	611
Kansas	599	445
Nebraska	500	151
North Dakota	416	291

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General Mechanical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.