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Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in South Dakota

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2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in South Dakota

1 College
$61,932 Avg Salary
$27,288 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

Mechanical Engineering is the #48 most popular major in South Dakota with 11 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in South Dakota ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in South Dakota to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

The following school tops our list of the Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges.

Best Mechanical Engineering School

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

Full Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University Report

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 142
Minnesota 105
Iowa 17
Kansas 31
Nebraska 19
North Dakota 16

Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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