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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SDPublic HLCOfficial website

South Dakota Mines lists online pathways for its MS in Mining Engineering & Management, MS in Construction Engineering & Management, the Sustainable Engineering Specialization of its MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a Master of Engineering, and the Mining Engineering Specialization of its PhD in Geology, Geological Engineering, and Mining Engineering. Distance courses are billed per credit under a published graduate rate table.

Online engineering programs at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

3 eligible programs verified (3 master's); formats: online coursework. Each program is listed separately — tuition, admissions and format belong to the program, not to the whole university.

Online Engineering Master's Degrees

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Master of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering — Sustainable Engineering Specialization (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering

Master'sMS
Location: Rapid City, SDSchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Online courseworkCoursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Online coursework; physical attendance not verified
Duration: Length not published · 30 credits
Tuition: $519 per credit · Nonresident (out-of-state) — Distance courses (SD nonresident), tuition per credit · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $15,570 (30 credits × $519 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Master of Science in Construction Engineering & Management (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Construction Engineering & Management

Civil Engineering

Master'sMS Fully online
Location: Rapid City, SDSchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Fully online (stated)Coursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Fully online (stated)
Duration: Length not published · 30 credits
Tuition: $519 per credit · Nonresident (out-of-state) — Distance courses (SD nonresident), tuition per credit · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $15,570 (30 credits × $519 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Master of Science in Mining Engineering & Management (Online)

Awarded degree: Master of Science in Mining Engineering & Management

Mining Engineering

Master'sMS
Location: Rapid City, SDSchool location — not an enrollment restriction
Delivery: Online courseworkCoursework is delivered online. Physical attendance requirements (labs, visits, exams, research) are listed separately.Whole degree online · Study intensity not published
Physical attendance: Online coursework; physical attendance not verified
Duration: Length not published · 33 credits
Tuition: $519 per credit · Nonresident (out-of-state) — Distance courses (SD nonresident), tuition per credit · 2026-2027Est. total tuition $17,127 (33 credits × $519 per credit; fees excluded)
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1925 · next review 08/31/2034

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

The university states: “Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC)” Source: sdsmt.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institutional accreditation (recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's DAPIP database) covers the whole institution. It is not a ranking and does not describe any one program.

Departments and schools

Academic units that administer the listed programs.

Published enrollment restrictions

State authorization rules decide whether the university can enroll you in an online program from your state. The university's location never decides it.

State authorization

  • South Dakota Mines has been approved by South Dakota to participate in NC-SARA.
    Source: sdsmt.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists online engineering bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees in 22 majors. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (campus-only degrees, certificates, engineering management or systems engineering, professional doctorates…). Not listing a campus degree says nothing about its quality.
  • Master of Science in Engineering Management (online)discipline outside the 22 directory majorsSource: sdsmt.edu · verified October 12, 2026

Institution

Official name
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Main location
501 E Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026
Engineering degrees awarded, all formats (IPEDS CIP 14 engineering codes, first major)
264 bachelor's, 76 master's, 7 doctoral (2023-24)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 12, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 12, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2023-24 Completions (C2024_A), engineering CIP codes (14.xx) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  3. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-12) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 12, 2026
  4. sdsmt.edu/about/accreditation.html — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  5. sdsmt.edu/about/state-authorization.html — Official disclosure page, verified October 12, 2026
  6. sdsmt.edu/academics/explore-all-programs/civil-and-environmental-ms.html — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  7. sdsmt.edu/academics/explore-all-programs/engineering-management-ms.html — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  8. sdsmt.edu/academics/explore-all-programs/engineering-meng.html — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  9. sdsmt.edu/academics/explore-all-programs/geology-geological-engineering-and-mining-engineering-phd.h — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026
  10. sdsmt.edu/academics/explore-all-programs/mining-engineering-management-ms.html — Official program page, verified October 12, 2026

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Online Engineering Degrees (Master's)