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by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 57,778 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,475 and had an average of $24,463 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 107 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,029 and $19,841 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in finance and financial management. That schools that top this list have a program in finance and financial management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The finance 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northern State University Finance & Financial Management Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #3 spot on the list. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s finance degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at University of South Dakota
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota. Located in Mitchell, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Dakota Wesleyan University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s finance degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Dakota State
Augustana University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in South Dakota list. Augustana University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 5 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full Augustana University Finance & Financial Management Report
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