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Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

What traits are you looking for in a mining engineering school? To help you decide if South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's mining engineering program.

SD Mines is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and has a total student population of 2,475. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received their master's degree in mining engineering.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Mining Engineering

SD Mines Mining Engineering Rankings

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 Master’s Program

7% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 14 mining engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SD Mines, about 93% were men and 7% were women.

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In the mining engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 14% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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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