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Top Majors at South Dakota State University

SD · Ranked by 5-year median salary · 58 majors with data

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# Major Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10
1 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration $20,324 $148,262 $150,000
2 Computer Engineering $73,442 $102,841 $106,400
3 Electrical and Electronics Engineering $78,344 $97,697 $119,145
4 Computer and Information Sciences, General $66,831 $90,181 $105,135
5 Mechanical Engineering $68,453 $87,405 $105,366
6 Agricultural Engineering $68,545 $86,663 $109,240
7 Construction Management $62,853 $82,384 $96,460
8 Civil Engineering $64,540 $81,435 $98,712
9 Industrial Production Technologies $62,972 $77,576 $90,301
10 Air Transportation $39,695 $76,015 $96,791
11 Engineering-Related Fields $58,910 $75,568 $86,367
12 Plant Sciences $57,442 $73,299 $89,221
13 Agricultural Mechanization $56,406 $73,052 $87,244
14 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research $63,108 $71,593 $85,375
15 Agricultural Business and Management $51,223 $70,564 $87,772
16 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions $64,240 $69,536 $76,518
17 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies $52,558 $69,330 $85,324
18 Mathematics $45,005 $63,071 $71,942
19 Biology, General $33,094 $62,075 $86,167
20 Geography and Cartography $46,233 $62,075 $77,362

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.