South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Cost & Tuition
In-State Tuition: $10,400
In-State Cost of Attendance: $24,865
Out-of-State Tuition: $14,800
Out-of-State Cost of Attendance: $29,265
Student Debt
Median total debt: $17,306
Students with federal loans: 43.3%
Students with Pell grants: 16.0%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $71,587
After 5 years: $86,809
Majors(23 programs)
- Mechanical Engineering.(99 graduates)
- Civil Engineering.(49 graduates)
- Chemical Engineering.(43 graduates)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.(35 graduates)
- Industrial Engineering.(35 graduates)
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.(24 graduates)
- Metallurgical Engineering.(22 graduates)
- Mining and Mineral Engineering.(20 graduates)
- Biotechnology.(16 graduates)
- Computer Engineering.(15 graduates)
- Geological/Geophysical Engineering.(15 graduates)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.(11 graduates)
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.(11 graduates)
- Chemistry.(10 graduates)
- Physics.(6 graduates)
- Applied Mathematics.(4 graduates)
- Biology, General.(2 graduates)
- Engineering, General.
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering.
- Engineering Technology, General.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Mathematics.
- Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,042 students
Admission Rate: 85.3%
Retention Rate: 84.1%
Graduation Rate: 58.2%
Student Demographics
White (82.7%)
Hispanic (5.6%)
Black (1.5%)
Asian (1.6%)
Two or More (2.4%)
International (1.3%)
Gender Distribution
Men (78.5%)
Women (21.5%)