The main focus area for this major is General Civil Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Civil Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at South Dakota State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in civil eng, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at South Dakota State was ranked #115 on College Factual's Best Schools for civil eng list. It is also ranked #2 in South Dakota.
Here are some of the other rankings for South Dakota State.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at South Dakota State was $372 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $257 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,697 | $11,172 |
Fees | $1,503 | $1,503 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,069 | $8,069 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,007 | $4,007 |
Learn more about South Dakota State tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at South Dakota State in Civil Eng walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,346.
civil eng who receive their bachelor’s degree from South Dakota State make an average of $58,943 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $57,979.
Online degrees for the South Dakota State civil eng bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the South Dakota State Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in civil eng in 2019-2020, 27.8% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 27.3%.
Around 5.6% of civil eng bachelor’s degree recipients at South Dakota State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 29 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Civil Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Civil Engineering | 36 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to civil engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Engineering | 8 |
Electrical Engineering | 25 |
Mechanical Engineering | 94 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.