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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,705 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,338 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in South Dakota

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

Best South Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State also took the #3 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Schools in South Dakota rankings.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at South Dakota State University

$12,110 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in South Dakota list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

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