Career & Professional Development Center
AVERAGE SALARY OFFERS
98% Placement 98% of Mines 2014-15 graduates are working in their career fields or pursuing advanced degrees in engineering, science, medicine, law and other fields.
Mines 2014-2015 Graduates (BS degrees) Bachelor of Science Degree
Average Salary Offer Starting salary offers averaged $63,503 for 2014-15 Mines graduates (BS degrees).
Intern/Co-op Experience 75% of last year’s Mines graduates had relevant work experience through internships, co-ops, or undergraduate research, which increased their marketability to employers.
Career Fairs 233 employers from 27 states participated in our Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 career fairs.
On-Campus Interviews Employers conducted more than 1,000 student interviews on campus this past year to hire for full-time, intern, and co-op positions.
Applied Biological Sciences.......................................................................................................... ** Chemical Engineering .......................................................................................................... $71,060 Chemistry ....................................................................................................................................... ** Civil & Environmental Engineering..................................................................................... $55,662 Computer Engineering ....................................................................................................... $58,000* Computer Science ................................................................................................................ $67,545 Electrical Engineering........................................................................................................... $65,449 Geological Engineering...................................................................................................... $44,824* Geology ............................................................................................................................... $31,845* Industrial Engineering .......................................................................................................... $62,558 Interdisciplinary Sciences ............................................................................................................. ** Mathematics........................................................................................................................ $45,556* Mechanical Engineering....................................................................................................... $64,450 Metallurgical Engineering.................................................................................................. $68,000* Mining Engineering .............................................................................................................. $69,800 Physics............................................................................................................................................ ** SD Mines Overall Average Starting Salary Offer *Average based on less than 5 offers
GRADUATE SCHOOLS Approximately 20% of Mines 2014-15 graduates are pursuing advanced degrees at these universities: Briar Cliff
South Dakota School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines
University of Illinois
Fort Hays State
University of Maryland
Georgia Tech
University of North Dakota
MIT
USD Medical School
Northern Arizona University
Virginia Tech
Purdue
Washington State University
Average Salary Offer
$63,503
**Majority of graduates pursuing graduate degrees.
MORE INFORMATION Darrell Sawyer, EdD, Director Jason Pfeiffer, MS, Assistant Director Cindy Christensen, Program Assistant II Career & Professional Development Center 501 E. St. Joseph Street Rapid City, SD 57701 605.394.2667 careercenter@sdsmt.edu http://careers.sdsmt.edu
2015
UNDERGRADUATE
PLACEMENT
Where our 2015 Graduates Work Arkansas
Nucor
Arizona
Kimley-Horn Nucor
California
Colorado
Illinois
Cargill Caterpillar LyondellBasell Industries Unimin
Alion Science & Technology Blattner Energy Fed Ex Google Naval Surface Warfare Center Northrup Grumman SpaceX
Indiana
Cargill
Kansas
Garmin International Spirit Aerosystems Textron Aviation
Louisiana
ExxonMobil
Applied Control Equipment Burns & McDonnell CFC First Construction Freeport McMoRan National Park Service
Massachusetts Keurig Green Mountain
Connecticut
CiDra
Florida
Trihydro Walt Disney World Resort
Georgia
Miura Boiler
Iowa
DGR Engineering Dupont Pioneer Emerson Process Management Flint Hills Resources Martin Marietta POET Polaris RFA/Minnesota Engineering Rockwell Collins RS Stover
Idaho
Bechtel Marine Propulsion Davisco Food International Resource Data Inc
Michigan
Gerdau
Minnesota
3M Blattner Energy Bolton & Menk Design Sell Controls Digi-Key H2K Technologies Hutchinson Technology Kiewit Medtronic Polar Semiconductors Southern MN Beet Sugar Coop Terracon
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Balancing Professionals Braun Intertec Calfrac Cargill Civil Science Dakota Gasification Highlands Engineering Microsoft NISC (National Info Security Corp) Whiting Oil & Gas
Nebraska
Hormel Foods Intersystem Kiewit Lamp Rynearson & Associates Nucor
New Mexico
Agave Energy BHP Billiton Blattner Energy Los Alamos National Lab
Nevada
Gaming Laboratories Intn'l
New York
Cargill Lafarge Mettler Toledo High School Scorpio Tankers
BHC Rhodes Burns & McDonnell TEKsystems
Ohio
Cargill
Oregon
Anderson, Perry & Associates
BNSF Computers Unlimited Montana Dept Natural Resources
Pennsylvania
GE Transportation SCI Inc.
South Dakota
3M AE2S American Engineering Testing A-Ox Welding Supply
North Carolina American States Utility Service Cummins
South Dakota cont.
B9 Creations Balfour Beatty Construction Black Hills Corporation Black Hills Information Security Black Hills Rushmore Gold Caterpillar Cega Innovations CHR Solutions City of Rapid City Dakota Customs Daktronics First Data Four Front Design Fugro Hand County Emergency Management Hub City Innovative Systems Interstates Companies John Morrell Lankota Group Littelfuse Nexus Smart Pay North Atlantic Industries Northwestern Mutual Nutra-Flo Omega Quant Phase Technologies POET RC Christian High School Renner & Associates RESPEC RPM Solutions Inc. Sammons Financial Group Schneider Electric Scotchman Industries SD Army Guard Security First Bank SGT South Dakota BIT South Dakota DENR South Dakota DOT South Dakota Housing Authority
South Dakota cont.
South Dakota Office of the State Engineer Tech Ord Terex Tetra Tech Trail King Industries Truxedo US Forest Service Western States Fire Protection
Texas
Advance Auto Parts Caterpillar Core Laboratories Dow Chemical ExxonMobil L3 Mustang Technologies Lehigh Hanson LyondellBasell Industries Martin Marietta NASA Parsons Brinckeroff Energy Storage Services
Washington
Boeing Microsoft Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Wisconsin
Enercon Industries Northern Concrete Procentive Tann Corporation TJ/H2b Analytical Services Walker Forge
Wyoming
Arch Coal Black Hills Corporation Morrison Maierle Peabody Energy Power Service Inc. Solvay Chemicals Western Engineers & Geologists