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2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota

2 Ranked Colleges
144 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Mechanical Engineering is the 21st most popular major in the country with 46,178 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,007 and had an average of $23,944 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 144 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,932 and $27,288 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME”.

Top 2 Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ME degrees to 64 students in 2020-2021.

SD Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 146 of the 2,475 students enrolled at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology were GI Bill® students, of which 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,477. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at SD Mines]](/colleges/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology/student-life/veterans/)

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for ME list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s ME degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, South Dakota State supports 11,405 students, and 369 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 158 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,731. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at South Dakota State University]](/colleges/south-dakota-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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