Financial Aid Office Estimated Cost of Attendance - Undergraduate

FULL TIME UNDERGRADUATE for 2023-2024
(Tuition & Fees estimate based on 15 credit hours per semester)		    
  Tuition/Fees  Books/Supplies  Laptop  Housing  Meals

Transportation 

Personal 

 Total
   Freshman:  On-Campus - Connolly, Palmerton & Peterson Halls
 		    
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni
 10400
 1000 900 4300 4500 3000 2000 $26,100
MN Reciprocity
11000
 1000
900 4300 4500 3000
2000
$26,700
WUE
14300
 1000
900 4300 4500 3000
2000
$30,000
Non-Resident 14800
 1000 900 4300 4500 3000 2000 $30,500
     2nd Year:  On-Campus - Placer Hall    
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni
 10400 10009005700 450030002000$27,500
 MN Reciprocity 11000 10009005700450030002000$28,100
 WUE 14300 10009005700450030002000$31,400
 Non-Resident 14800 10009005700 4500 30002000$31,900
    3rd, 4th & 5th Year:  Rocker Square or Off-Campus     
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni 
10400
 1000
900 7200 4500 3000 2000 $29,000
MN Reciprocity
11000 1000 900 7200 4500 3000 2000 $29,600
WUE 14300
 1000
900 7200 4500 3000 2000
$32,900
Non-Resident 14800 1000 900 7200 4500  3000 2000 $33,400
    Commuter     
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni 
10400
 1000 900 0 4500 3000 2000 $21,800
MN Reciprocity
11000
 1000 900 0 4500 3000 2000 $22,400
WUE
14300
 1000
900 0 4500 3000
2000
$25,700
Non-Resident 14800 1000 900 0 4500 3000 2000 $26,200

The above figures are estimates only. Actual expenses will vary per student depending on actual credit hours, discipline fees, housing/meals options, etc.

Direct costs billable to the student include tuition and fees, books/supplies, laptop, housing and meals (for students living on campus).

Indirect costs include transportation and personal allowances that are not billed to the student by South Dakota Mines.

New or transfer students  from the following states are eligible for SD Advantage tuition rate: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Children of South Dakota Mines alumni can apply through the Admissions Office to receive SD resident tuition rate.

WUE: Western Undergraduate Exchange Program - includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.