South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines) is a four-year, public school located in Rapid City, SD.

It offers 36 graduate programs - 19 Master's, 9 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 4 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $8,500 for in-state and $14,600 for out-of-state students.

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.


Graduate Program Overview

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-six (36) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology
TypeFour-year, Public
Address501 E Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD
Graduate School Students333 students
72 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$8,500
Out-of-State$14,600
Student to Faculty12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 36 Graduate Programs
19 Master's, 9 Doctorate, 8 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

The following tables 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 $339 for South Dakota residents and $680 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$6,100$12,200
Fees$2,400$2,400
Cost per Credit$339$680
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

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 36 major areas - 19 Master's (2 online programs), 9 Doctorate, 4 Post-Bachelor's, 4 Post-Master's. 131 students have been conferred Master's degree and 16 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'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total131161911
Men9912148
Women32453

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.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Artificial Intelligence7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mining and Mineral Engineering10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Construction EngineeringONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial Engineering NOT OFFER
Geological/Geophysical Engineering
Engineering (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management23ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nanotechnology3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computational Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Paleontology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

SD Mines graduate schools have a total of 333 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 254 male and 79 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 204 full-time and 129 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 72 students enrolled through online exclusively and 24 students are taking some online graduate courses.

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

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

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total333
Men254
Women79
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total333
Full-time Students204
Part-time Students129
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total333
American Indian /
Native American
5
Asian3
Black5
Hispanic8
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
1
White210
Two or more races5
Un-Known6
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total333
21 & Under4
22-24105
25-2996
30-3452
35-3932
40 & Over40

Online Population

At South Dakota School of Mines and Technology graduate schools, 72 students enrolled online exclusively and 24 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment329
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses72
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses24
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses233
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses72
South Dakota Resident24
Other State In U.S.37
Outside of U.S.11