2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking.
Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 627 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 97 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in South Dakota
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 59 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
SD Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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