by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 314 people earned their degree in mining and mineral engineering, making the major the 732nd most popular in the United States.
Across South Dakota, there were 28 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 mining and mineral engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in mining and mineral engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota bachelor’s degree mining and mineral engineering students.
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 Well Attended Mining and Mineral Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s mining and mineral engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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