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Most Popular General Engineering Schools in South Dakota

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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in South Dakota

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Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 8 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #56 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Engineering Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Dakota to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in South Dakota.

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the most popular school for general 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.

Read full report on General Engineering at South Dakota State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a great place for general engineering students. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

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Best General Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 50
Minnesota 3
Iowa 11
Kansas 0
Nebraska 48
North Dakota 0

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

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 Rémi Kaupp.

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