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. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 66,787 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, communication and media studies is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 169 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,779 and $25,625 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 communication and media studies 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 Communications Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communication and media studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Presentation College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota list. Presentation College is a small school located in Aberdeen, South Dakota that handed out 7 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Presentation College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 78 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 University of South Dakota Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota Wesleyan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 5 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Dakota Wesleyan University Communication & Media Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Black Hills State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota. Spearfish, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Black Hills State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Sioux Falls. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota list. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s communications students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Sioux Falls
Augustana University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota list. Augustana Sioux Falls is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s 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%.
Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at Augustana Sioux Falls
South Dakota State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 20 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Communication & Media Studies at South Dakota State
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