Originally founded in 1885 as a mining school, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is the state’s modern leader in STEM education. More than three-quarters of students are engineers. South Dakota Mines’ campus is home to The Museum of Geology. Visitors to the museum can see mounted skeletons of dinosaurs, meteorites and rare fossils from the nearby White River Badlands. Located in the Rushmore Region, campus is 25 miles from Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Most South Dakota Mines alumni continue in engineering after graduation—the most popular employers of alumni are Kiewit, one of the largest American construction companies and Garmin, a worldwide leader in GPS technology.
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