2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in South Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in South Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,475 people earned their degree in graphic communications, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, graphic communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,819 and had an average of $28,832 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 14 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,600 and $12,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality graphic communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the graphic communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in South Dakota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in South Dakota.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in South Dakota

#1

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$14,633 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for an Associate in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeast Technical College is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 13 associates’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Graphic Communications Associate Degree Schools in South Dakota” list. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Tech is $14,633 for south dakota associate degree graphic communication students.

Read more about Graphic Communications at Southeast Technical College

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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.

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