Reviews of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (College)

Nate Chertack

This museum is awesome! It takes up the 3rd floor of an academic building but is well-labeled with visitor parking out front. The exhibits are very well labeled and organized, with one area containing rocks/minerals and the other area containing fossils. I appreciated the old-school feel of the museum, with the displays being more informative than flashy. They have a great variety of fossils, with some common and some rare (but all exciting). The best part, the museum is free (but appreciates donations). Well worth the stop, looking forward to visiting again someday!

Steve C

Great school, wonderful people.

George Washington

A must see.

John Botterbusch

An amazing school with a high reputation and career opportunities for engineering and science. I enjoyed my visit here. Definitely a top contender for college versus Colorado School of Mines.

Grant Haynes

I took an environmental geology field course here (2015). I learned more in three weeks than in college.

War machine

It is my job now

wiktor komorowski

Niceee!!!

Caleb May

My brother goes here!

Rylan Lipetzky

The classes are crazy hard and you need to study a lot to pass them. This isn't the problem. The problem is that no one seems to care about us, the students. I asked for help in classes just to get as good a grade as possible and professors were no help to me. When I was switching majors, I called the registrar's office and they had no clue what to do. When I called the department head, he and his assistant bounced me back and forth to each other, and, very effectively, wasted my time. Honestly, the only people that ever helped me at this school was financial aid. Sure you can go to this school, but you had better go in hoping you don't need to talk to staff about anything.

Dan Gerarden

My son and I enjoyed his official NCAA Football visit last month at SDSMT. The Coaching Staff and Professors seem to really be genuine and care about both the student and the athlete. Impressed that the professors spent time with my son showing him around vs. just a student tour. There is a real emphasis on helping the student (& athlete) with their Cap and Gown program. Didn't take long to recognize the value in their top ranking in engineering. Having looked all over the county the past year it was evident that this is the place to get your diploma without the debt! Unless your into spending $80k-$160k MORE for equivalent degree!!! Beautiful area also as we were pleasantly surprised by the community and its beauty as we live in Seattle and were concerned. Rapid City suprizingly has a population of 70,000 and the people are very friendly and just want to visit with you. Love the Football Coaching Staff as they got it going on and this program will be taken to new heights! Go Rockers!

Josh Green

I traveled to Rapid City, South Dakota to work with the maintenance staff at SDSMT. Everyone was a pleasure to work with!

Alan Zhu

Nice architecture, education is okay. The Surbeck Center is interlinked in so many ways, it's fun to explore.

Red Rhoden

They have some decent parties, give em that.

Kelly Harris

Great place

Alyssa Krautbauer

Small classes and wonderful professors who care about you!

Alexander Peichl

It took me 5 years and a degree change to graduate. The classes were ridiculously difficult. But I wouldn't change anything about it. It was the best 5 years of my life and I recieved a first class education. Professors were great and administration was excellent, especially the dean of students, Pat Mahon.

Kyle MacMillan

Challenging and rewarding, the staff is very helpful, fantastic Veteran center/support, affordable/reasonably priced. The only off-putting thing about it is the location; it can get bitterly cold here but that has nothing to do with the school itself.

David Clark

Love the museum on campus.

rita estada

It was awesome and fun because I saw what a golden nugget looks like