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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,654 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 32 degrees and certificates were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree 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 master's degree programs for civil eng 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.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota

Check out the civil eng master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Civil Engineering

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

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $9,384 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 #4 for overall quality for civil eng in South Dakota.

Full Civil Engineering at South Dakota State University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in South Dakota. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SD Mines are $11,924 a year.

Full Civil Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Report

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 88
Minnesota 49
Iowa 79
Kansas 44
Nebraska 30
North Dakota 9

One of 39 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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