The semester fees for leasing a student laptop are set by the South Dakota Board of Regents and are calculated into student tuition.
Current Fees for the 2026/2027 Academic Year: $458.35 per semester
What does the fee cover?
- Student laptop
- South Dakota Mines backpack
- Charging cable for laptop
- Four-year replacement upgrades
- Maintenance of the wireless access points
- Campus printing
- Full accidental damage protection warranty
- Technical support
- Software installation (Windows, MS Office 365, anti-virus software, and campus software)
Return Options
- Students withdrawing from the laptop program will receive a prorated refund of the semester program fee.
- Any return that is prorated at 90% or above will be rounded up to a 100% return
- 89%-41% returns will receive the calculated prorated return.
- Any return that is prorated at 40% or below will be non refundable.