Graduate School Tuition at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a four-years, public school located in Rapid City, SD. It offers 35 graduate programs - 18 Master's, 9 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 4 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $8,500 for South Dakota residents and $14,600 for others. A total of 329 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,492 students at SD Mines.

SD Mines offers online graduate programs and 72 out of 329 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find SD Mines's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a four-years, public school located in Rapid City, South Dakota. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,500 for South Dakota residents and $14,600 for out-of-state students. It offers thirty-five (35) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Type	four-years, public
Address	501 E Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD
Graduate School Students	333 students 72 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$8,500 Out-of-State$14,600
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 35 Graduate Programs 18 Master's, 9 Doctorate, 8 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For South Dakota residents, the tuition & fees are $8,500 and $14,600 for non-South Dakota residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $271 for South Dakota residents and $527 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$6,100	$12,200
Fees	$2,400	$2,400
Cost per Credit	$271	$527
Books & Supplies	$1,900
Room & Board	$8,800 (On-Campus) / $11,700 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$5,000 (On-Campus) / $5,000 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$24,200	$30,300
Off-Campus Total	$27,100	$33,200

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$11,270	$11,270	$11,924	$10,640	$8,500
Out-of-State	$19,250	$19,250	$20,116	$18,840	$14,600

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 35 major areas - 18 Master's , 9 Doctorate , 4 Post-Bachelor', 4 Post-Master'.

117 students have been conferred Master's degree and 21 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	117	21	19	8
Men	89	17	13	4
Women	28	4	6	4

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Industrial Engineering		NOT OFFERED	18
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Engineering (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Artificial Intelligence	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	24		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	9		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	14		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mining and Mineral Engineering	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Construction Engineering	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Engineering	1	NOT OFFERED
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	5

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nanotechnology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computational Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Paleontology	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	7		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Construction Engineering		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Industrial Engineering		NOT OFFERED
Geological/Geophysical Engineering				1

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geological/Geophysical Engineering

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nanotechnology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 2,416 students enrolled in South Dakota School of Mines and Technology including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 333 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 254 male and 79 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 204 full-time and 129 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 72 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 24 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	333	204	129
Men Students	254	148	106
Women Students	79	56	23

By race/ethnicity 210 White, 5 Black, and 3 Asian students are attending at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	333	254	79
American Indian or Native American	5	5	0
Black	5	3	2
Hispanic	8	5	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	210	164	46
Tow or More Races	5	4	1
Race Unknown	6	4	2

4 students are younger than 22 and 40 students are older than 65. The school has 201 students aged between 22 and 30 and 84 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	333
21 & Under	4
22-24	105
25-29	96
30-34	52
35-39	32
40 & Over	40

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At SD Mines, 72 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 24 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	329
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	72
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	24
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	233

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	72
South Dakota Resident	24
Other State In U.S.	37
Outside of U.S.	11

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