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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,705 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,161 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #18 most popular major in South Dakota with 22 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering tech 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a .

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Technologies

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Dakota State are $9,299 a year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Engineering Technologies Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

Full Engineering Technologies at South Dakota State University Report

$12,110 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a great value for engineering technologies students. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.

SD Mines undergraduate students pay an average of $12,110 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 110
Missouri 392
Minnesota 82
Iowa 34
North Dakota 3
Nebraska 2

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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