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Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SD Mines is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and has a total student population of 2,475.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

SD Mines Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at SD Mines

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

SD Mines does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Master’s Degree

SD Mines Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at SD Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #137 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SD Mines

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

SD Mines Engineering Bachelor’s Program

21% Women

13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at SD Mines are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	244
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

SD Mines Engineering Master’s Program

21% Women

9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from SD Mines, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	50
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	65
Mechanical Engineering	64
Industrial Engineering	56
Chemical Engineering	42
Electrical Engineering	39
Mining Engineering	28
Geoscience Engineering	25
Metallurgical Engineering	18
Biomedical Engineering	11
Computer Engineering	8
Materials Engineering	7
Construction Engineering	7
Other Engineering	5
General Engineering	2

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Civil Engineers	1,140	$77,030
Software Applications Developers	1,010	$75,000
Cost Estimators	850	$54,860
Systems Software Developers	660	$90,430
Industrial Engineers	560	$82,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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