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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,654 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,210 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 30 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering-related fields students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #79 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering-related fields students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $9,384 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #4.

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Out of the 2 schools in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SD Mines are $11,924 a year.

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Explore all the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 435
Minnesota 60
Kansas 105
Iowa 120
North Dakota 1

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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