Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying mining 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 Mining Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

SD Mines Mining Engineering Degrees Available

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

SD Mines Mining Engineering Rankings

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

Mining Engineering Student Demographics at SD Mines

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

SD Mines Mining Engineering Bachelor’s Program

15% Women

15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of mining engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mining engineering at SD Mines are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mining engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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 mining engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SD Mines Mining Engineering Master’s Program

10% Women

20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 90% of mining engineering master's degrees went to men and 10% went to women.

In the mining engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 20% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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 mining engineering.

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

Concentrations Within Mining Engineering

If you plan to be a mining engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mining & Mineral Engineering	28

Careers That Mining Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in mining 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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