2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 144 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking.

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.

Check out the ME master's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree School

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, SD

11 Master's Degrees

#4 in Quality in South Dakota

$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $9,384 per year.

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

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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