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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$15,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Agriculture is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Dakota, there were 81 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota associate degree agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Agriculture (Income $0-$30k) in South Dakota

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in South Dakota For Those Making $0-$30k list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agriculture degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking. It costs about $15,285 for South Dakota Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Dakota State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agriculture at South Dakota State

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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