2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
Electrical Engineering is the #36 most popular major in South Dakota with 75 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for EE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for electrical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year.
South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota list.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in South Dakota. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SD Mines are $12,110 per year. The average amount in student loans that EE majors at SD Mines take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,145.
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Explore all the Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 425 |
| Minnesota | 341 |
| Kansas | 110 |
| Iowa | 169 |
| Nebraska | 74 |
| North Dakota | 111 |
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Majors Related to EE
Electrical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to EE
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12,811 |
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).
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