Metallurgical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

If you plan to study metallurgical 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 approximately 2,475 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from SD Mines.

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

SD Mines Metallurgical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering

SD Mines Metallurgical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the metallurgical 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 metallurgical engineering major at SD Mines is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Metallurgical 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 Metallurgical Engineering Schools	1
Most Focused Metallurgical Engineering Schools	2
Most Popular Metallurgical Engineering Schools	4
	6

Metallurgical Engineering Student Demographics at SD Mines

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

SD Mines Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from SD Mines. About 22% of these graduates were women and the other 78% were men.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in metallurgical 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 metallurgical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SD Mines also has a doctoral program available in metallurgical engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That Metallurgical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in metallurgical 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

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.