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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Founded in 1885, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (South Dakota Mines) is a public university with a reputation for excellence in STEM education. For the most recent graduating class, 96% had jobs at an average starting salary of over $68,685 a year or were placed in graduate school, including medical school. Located near the beautiful Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, South Dakota Mines offers programs through the doctoral level. With just over 2,400 students, the university has a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio and our average undergraduate class size is 24 students.

Website:

https://www.sdsmt.edu/

Category:

Graduate school

Military Friendly Rating

We rate how Military Friendly an organization is within 6 different categories. Learn more about our methodology.

The rating below reflect the extent to which each organization exceeds the benchmark standards for Military Friendly.

Military Friendly
Standard

100%

100%
Exceeds Standard

49.55

Military Friendly
Standard

100%

100%
Exceeds Standard

72.34

Military Friendly
Standard

100%

100%
Exceeds Standard

84

Military Friendly
Standard

100%

100%
Exceeds Standard

75.93

Military Friendly
Standard

100%

100%
Exceeds Standard

55.42

Military Friendly
Standard

100%

100%
Exceeds Standard

48.74

Why you should attend?

South Dakota Mines is an excellent choice for military students because, most importantly, the school's graduate placement rate for military/veteran students is 100% for the past seven years. Also, South Dakota Mines is a STEM university, meaning its academic programs focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, fields heavily targeted by today's employers, and for which military students are particularly suited. Additionally, the support that military students receive here is phenomenal, such as: a benchmark Veterans Resource Center; Veterans Upward Bound on site; veteran-to-veteran tutoring/mentoring; military-specific orientation; military-specific scholarship, financial literacy, and college success workshops; and yearly, multiple, campus-wide military appreciation events.