2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 198,468 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 570 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,972 and $28,070 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,422 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in South Dakota

1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota list. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified doctorate’s 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%.

Read full report on Engineering at SD Mines

2

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 12 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State Engineering Report

3

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

#5 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in South Dakota list. USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at University of South Dakota

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.