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2022 Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k

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1 Degrees Awarded
$19,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Materials Engineering is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $63,129 and had an average of $23,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 3 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials 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 materials engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income Over $110k) in South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota For Those Making Over $110k. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

SD Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’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.

Full South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Materials Engineering Report

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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.

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