2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in South Dakota
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Engineering School for You
With 17 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #108 most popular major in South Dakota.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Engineering Schools in South Dakota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 in General Engineering
Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote 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 #2 on our Best General Engineering Schools in South Dakota list.
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The excellent programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in South Dakota. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.
SD Mines undergraduate students pay an average of $12,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 160 |
| Minnesota | 183 |
| Kansas | 36 |
| Iowa | 31 |
| Nebraska | 71 |
| North Dakota | 6 |
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General Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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