by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Materials Engineering is the 154th most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,007 and had an average of $23,030 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 7 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 $76,422 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in materials engineering.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate list. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s materials engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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