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
 10700
 1000 900 4200 4600 3000 2000 $26,400
MN Reciprocity
10900
 1000
900 4200 4600 3000
2000
$26,600
WUE
14700
 1000
900 4200 4600 3000
2000
$30,400
Non-Resident 15200
 1000 900 4200 4600 3000 2000 $30,900
     2nd Year:  On-Campus - Placer Hall    
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni
 10700 10009005600 460030002000$27,800
 MN Reciprocity 10900 10009005600460030002000$28,000
 WUE 14700 10009005600460030002000$31,800
 Non-Resident 15200 10009005600 4600 30002000$32,300
    3rd, 4th & 5th Year:  Rocker Square or Off-Campus     
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni 
10700
 1000
900 7100 4600 3000 2000 $29,300
MN Reciprocity
10900 1000 900 7100 4600 3000 2000 $29,500
WUE 14700
 1000
900 7100 4600 3000 2000
$33,300
Non-Resident 15200 1000 900 7100 4600  3000 2000 $33,800
    Commuter     
SD Resident & SD Advantage & Child of Alumni 
10700
 1000 900 0 4600 3000 2000 $22,200
MN Reciprocity
10900
 1000 900 0 4600 3000 2000 $22,400
WUE
14700
 1000
900 0 4600 3000
2000
$26,200
Non-Resident 15200 1000 900 0 4600 3000 2000 $26,700

The above figures are estimates only. Actual expenses will vary per student depending on actual credit hours, discipline fees, room/board 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.