2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in South Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in South Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 20,711 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 110 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,422 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general civil engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in South Dakota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in South Dakota

1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in South Dakota list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at SD Mines

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at South Dakota State

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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