2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across South Dakota, there were 7 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 4 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at South Dakota State University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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