2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in South Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,543 people earned their degree in genetics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,723 and had an average of $22,299 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 0 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,795 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in genetics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their genetics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in South Dakota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Genetics in South Dakota

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Black Hills State University
Spearfish, South Dakota

#12 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Black Hills State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in South Dakota. This small school is located in Spearfish, South Dakota, and it awarded 0 masters’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Black Hills State University Genetics Report

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Augustana University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#3 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Genetics Major in South Dakota list. Augustana Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s genetics degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Read more about Genetics at Augustana Sioux Falls

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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