by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Computer Software Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Computer Software & Applications is the 84th most popular major in the country with 14,336 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer software and applications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,619 and had an average of $33,819 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 41 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,986 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 computer software and applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Computer Software Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer software and applications. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in computer software and applications.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Computer Software Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Computer Software Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer Software Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Madison, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer software degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Computer Software Major in South Dakota for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mitchell, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s 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%.
Read more about Computer Software & Applications at Dakota Wesleyan University
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