Chemical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

What traits are you looking for in a chem eng school? To help you decide if South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's chem eng program.

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 Chemical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

SD Mines Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng
• Master’s Degree in Chem Eng

SD Mines Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at SD Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #99 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at SD Mines

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

SD Mines Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at SD Mines since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng 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 chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SD Mines Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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 chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

If you plan to be a chem eng 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
Chemical Engineering	42

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Computer Engineering

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	110	$130,230
Engineering Professors	110	$87,010
Engineers	90	$84,320

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.