Materials Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

If you are interested in studying materials engineering, you may want to check out the program at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SD Mines is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and approximately 2,475 students attend the school each year.

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

SD Mines Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

SD Mines Materials Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #70 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at SD Mines

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

SD Mines Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% 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 materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Careers That Materials Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials 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
Cost Estimators	850	$54,860
Architectural and Engineering Managers	110	$130,230
Engineering Professors	110	$87,010

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.