2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in South Dakota (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 21,561 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,122 and had an average of $23,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 115 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,650 and $27,100 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in South Dakota (With Aid)

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full South Dakota State University Civil Engineering Report

#2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. SD Mines is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

SD Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SD Mines are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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