#393 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

#393 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

CITY & STATE
Rapid City, SD
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
Public
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION*
2,083
STUDENT POPULATION*
2,416
AVERAGE GRANT AID*
$5,895
TOTAL ANNUAL COST*
$31,130
ALUMNI SALARY
$130,000
ACCEPTANCE RATE*
80%
SAT COMPOSITE RANGE*
1155-1355
ACT COMPOSITE RANGE*
24-29
  • * Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
  • The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale.
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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On forbes lists
#182
In Public Colleges
#75
In The Midwest
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Carnegie Classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Retention Rate
70%
4-Year Graduation Rate
24%
6-Year Graduation Rate
52%
Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
BY THE NUMBERS
Attendance
FULL-TIME
82%
PART-TIME
18%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Race/ Ethnicity
WHITE
80.9%
NON-RESIDENT ALIEN
5.3%
HISPANIC/LATINO
4.8%
TWO OR MORE RACES
3.1%
RACE/ETHNICITY UNKNOWN
2.4%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
1.3%
ASIAN
1.2%
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
1%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Gender
MALE
76%
FEMALE
24%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS

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