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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for General Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Metallurgical Engineering is the 831st most popular major in the country with 179 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Dakota, there were 18 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general metallurgical engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general metallurgical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The general metallurgical engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for General Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota bachelor’s degree vets studying general metallurgical engineering.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for General Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. SD Mines is a small school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 18 bachelors’s general metallurgical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
SD Mines also made our “Best General Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1.Of the 2,475 students enrolled at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 146 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,477. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]](/colleges/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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