by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer & Information Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 254,454 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,893 and had an average of $27,324 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 742 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,301 and $33,800 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 365 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer and information sciences.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota bachelor’s degree computer & information sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota. Dakota State University is a small school located in Madison, South Dakota that handed out 240 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota list. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Oglala Lakota College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #6. Oglala Lakota College is located in Kyle, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
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South Dakota State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s computer and information sciences 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%.
Full South Dakota State Computer & Information Sciences Report
University of Sioux Falls did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
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With a ranking of #9, University of South Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota list. University of South Dakota is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Dakota Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Dakota Wesleyan University Computer & Information Sciences Report
Sinte Gleska University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #10. Sinte Gleska University is a small school located in Mission, South Dakota that handed out 0 bachelors’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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