Geoscience Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

What traits are you looking for in a geoscience engineering 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 geoscience engineering program.

SD Mines is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and approximately 2,475 students attend the school each year. Of the 360 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 2021, 7 of them were geoscience engineering majors.

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

SD Mines Geoscience Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geoscience Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Geoscience Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Geoscience Engineering

SD Mines Geoscience Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geoscience engineering progam at SD Mines compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geoscience engineering major at SD Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geoscience 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Geoscience Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Focused Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools	2
Best Value Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Geoscience Engineering Schools	3
Best Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	4
	7
Most Popular Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Geoscience Engineering Schools	11
	12

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in geoscience engineering from SD Mines. This makes it the #3 most popular school for geoscience engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in geoscience engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Geoscience Engineering Graduates from SD Mines Make?

The median salary of geoscience engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at SD Mines is $55,327. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $54,258 for all geoscience engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Geoscience Engineering Student Demographics at SD Mines

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

SD Mines Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 geoscience engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from SD Mines. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical geoscience engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at SD Mines since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geoscience 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 geoscience engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SD Mines Geoscience Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a master's degree in geoscience engineering from SD Mines. About 13% of these graduates were women and the other 88% were men.

Of the students who received a geoscience engineering master's degree from SD Mines, 88% 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 geoscience engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SD Mines also has a doctoral program available in geoscience engineering. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That Geoscience Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in geoscience 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
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.