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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,705 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$86,985 Avg Salary

Engineering-Related Fields is the #36 most popular major in South Dakota with 20 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the engineering-related fields programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in South Dakota for engineering-related fields students. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

South Dakota State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,299 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, South Dakota State is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering-related fields in South Dakota.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at South Dakota State University

$12,110 Average Tuition & Fees

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 engineering-related fields 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.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 330
Minnesota 59
Iowa 19
Kansas 39

One of 16 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255

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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