2023 Most Popular Colleges for Construction in South Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Construction Major in South Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,435 people earned their degree in construction, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, construction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,364 and had an average of $9,374 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 2 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in construction.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Construction Major in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota construction students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Construction in South Dakota

1

Oglala Lakota College
Kyle, South Dakota

$42,569 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oglala Lakota College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Major in South Dakota list. This small school is located in Kyle, South Dakota, and it awarded 2 ’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction at Oglala Lakota College

2

Sisseton Wahpeton College
Sisseton, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sisseton Wahpeton College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Major in South Dakota list. Sisseton Wahpeton College is a small public school situated in Sisseton, South Dakota. It awarded 0 ’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sisseton Wahpeton College Construction Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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