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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

1 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor's in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Agricultural Mechanization is the 580th most popular major in the country with 490 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 27 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 agricultural mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural mechanization programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural mechanization program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Mechanization (Income $30-$48k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ag Mech Schools for a Bachelor’s in South Dakota For Those Making $30-$48k. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 27 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. It costs about $16,273 for South Dakota Bachelor’s Degree Ag Mech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend South Dakota State.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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