South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 16.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 65 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 54 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing11 · 16.9%
- No Data54 · 83.1%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Action history · 1
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 486 students received $2.7M in Pell grants, alongside $7.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 542 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (0.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at SDSMT
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 6
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
- Non-campus1
- Public property3
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Rocker Square I1 fireA student lit a fire in the toilet of a residential apartment bathroom.Damage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SDSMT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SDSMT selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 53% | — | 2,576 | $20,183 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 49% | 88.0% | 3,774 | $21,057 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 50% | — | 2,098 | $12,549 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 45% | 64.6% | 2,751 | $12,703 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 38% | — | 1,492 | $11,632 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 69% | 83.8% | 3,664 | $12,780 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 50% | 83.8% | 2,664 | $12,742 |
Institutions like SDSMT
Explore the federal data for institutions in SDSMT's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsSouth Dakota
Dakota State University
Grad rate49%Admit rate88.0%Enrollment3,774Net price$21,057View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsNebraska
Chadron State College
Grad rate50%Admit rate—Enrollment2,098Net price$12,549View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsNorth Dakota
Minot State University
Grad rate45%Admit rate64.6%Enrollment2,751Net price$12,703View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsNebraska
Peru State College
Grad rate38%Admit rate—Enrollment1,492Net price$11,632View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsMissouri
Truman State University
Grad rate69%Admit rate83.8%Enrollment3,664Net price$12,780View data
SDSMT Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Office of Institutional Research at South Dakota Mines is to create and deliver timely, accurate, and objective reporting and analysis to empower and support effective and strategic decision-making by institutional stakeholders.
Visit IR office page- Jeffrey LangemeierDirector of Institutional Research
- Sarah SteinerSenior Analyst: Academic Reporting
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