High Graduation Rates, Salaries at SD School of Mines
College says starting salary for grads more than $63,000
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology touted its graduate job-placement rate and salary as the school prepared to wrap up another academic year. Recent figures show that 98 percent of graduates with bachelor’s degrees find a job, or pursue and advanced degree, within a year of graduation.
Of 2014 graduates, 211 had found jobs and 65 had enrolled in graduate school. For those entering the workforce, the starting salary was more than $63,000, according to the school.