2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 205 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,150 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k. 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 Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University

#2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

$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 ME Schools for a Master’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Mechanical 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 SD Mines are $19,250.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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