South Dakota School of Mines and Technology PhD in Engineering

11 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Engineering from SD Mines Cost?

$11,270 Average Tuition and Fees

SD Mines Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at SD Mines paid an average of $679 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $347 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,320	$16,300
Fees	$2,950	$2,950

Does SD Mines Offer an Online PhD in Engineering?

Online degrees for the SD Mines engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SD Mines Online Learning page.

SD Mines Doctorate Student Diversity for Engineering

11 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

45.5% Women

45.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 11 students received their doctor’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 45.5% of the students who received their PhD in engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 24.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 45.5% of the engineering doctor’s degrees at SD Mines in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 12%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PhD in Engineering Focus Areas at SD Mines

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	1
Civil Engineering	3
Materials Engineering	1
Mechanical Engineering	1
Geoscience Engineering	2

References

*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.