2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 29,892 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 67 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at South Dakota State

#2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 5 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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