2022 Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Dairy Science is the 773rd most popular major in the country with 255 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 25 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 dairy science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dairy science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dairy science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dairy Science in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dairy Science Schools for a Doctorate in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dairy science students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best Dairy Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743.

Read full report on Dairy Science at South Dakota State

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Billy Hathorn.

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