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The bachelor's program at SD Mines was ranked #5 on College Factual's Best Schools for geoscience engineering list. It is also ranked #1 in South Dakota.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology handed out 7 bachelor's degrees in geoscience engineering. This is a decrease of 53% over the previous year when 15 degrees were handed out.
In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in geoscience engineering from SD Mines. This makes it the #3 most popular school for geoscience engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.
In addition, 5 students received their doctoral degrees in geoscience engineering in 2021, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
The median salary of geoscience engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at SD Mines is $55,327. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is higher than the national average of $54,258 for all geoscience engineering bachelor's degree recipients.
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Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geoscience engineering majors at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in geoscience engineering from SD Mines. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men.
The majority of the students with this major are white. About 100% of 2021 graduates were in this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a bachelor's in geoscience engineering.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 7 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 0 |
Other Races | 0 |
The geoscience engineering program at SD Mines awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 88% of these degrees went to men with the other 13% going to women.
The majority of master's degree recipients in this major at SD Mines are white. In the most recent graduating class for which data is available, 88% of students fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a master's in geoscience engineering.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 7 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 1 |
Other Races | 0 |
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Civil Engineering | 65 |
Mechanical Engineering | 64 |
Industrial Engineering | 56 |
Chemical Engineering | 42 |
Electrical Engineering | 39 |