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STEM fields list for middle school students — Yankton, SD

STEM fields list — with the personality behind each — for middle school students

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What the assessment measures

280 items in five modules — what you love to do, how you work, fifteen STEM working traits, thirty real situations, and where you want your work to land — matched against forty careers in eight families. Then a sixth module drafts your mission, vision and values in your own words. Progress saves as you go; it is free and complete today.

STEM fields list for middle school students. A list is only useful with a way to choose from it. Every career here carries its trait signature, growth, education path and ordinary day — and the assessment ranks them for you. Eight STEM fields, eight trait signatures. The assessment scores you on all fifteen traits and shows which fields are already yours before you commit to a major or a program. Middle school is when interest in STEM is decided, usually by whether the subject ever got connected to a person a student could become.

Careers the Yankton, SD economy leans on

5 counties across Nebraska and South Dakota; 0 metro. Economies: 3 farming, 1 government and 1 manufacturing. Flags: 3 population loss, 1 low employment and 1 persistent poverty.

Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Scientist+4%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Computer Network Architect+12%Industrial Engineer+11%Mechanical Engineer+9%Statistician+8%Electrical Engineer+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Civil Engineer+5%Environmental Engineer+4%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Chemical Engineer+3%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Software Developer+15%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Medical Scientist+9%Mathematician+8%Web Developer+7%Mathematics Professor+7%Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Computer Programmer-6%

Counties in this labor market

Bon Homme County, SDCedar County, NEClay County, SDKnox County, NEYankton County, SD

Metros around Yankton, SD

Omaha, NE–IA10 countiesLincoln, NE6 countiesSioux Falls, SD9 countiesRapid City, SD6 countiesSioux City, IA–NE–SD6 countiesCheyenne, WY6 countiesGrand Island, NE7 countiesKearney, NE10 countiesNorfolk, NE6 countiesNorth Platte, NE6 countiesBrookings, SD6 countiesMilbank, SD6 counties

All forty careers in Yankton, SD → · STEM fields list for middle school students everywhere →

Questions people ask

How is a "stem fields list for middle school students" different from a personality type test?

A type test gives you a label. STEM Compass gives you a profile on fifteen working traits and eight kinds of impact, then a directional match against each career — a number you can explain, not a letter code.

Does it cost anything?

No. The full assessment is open at tienesesto.org/stem-assessment, and every result links to a STEM Farm track that starts from zero.

Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.