2023 Most Popular Colleges for General Education in South Dakota

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General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across South Dakota, there were 88 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota”.

Top 4 Most Popular Colleges for General Education in South Dakota

1

Augustana University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#3 overall quality in South Dakota

$40,631 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,215 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Augustana Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 87 ’s general education degrees to qualified students.

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%.

Read full report on General Education at Augustana University

2

University of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#8 overall quality in South Dakota

$40,299 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,646 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Sioux Falls. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified ’s general education students 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%.

Read more about General Education at University of Sioux Falls

3

Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, South Dakota

$50,275 Average Early-Career Earnings

$34,288 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 0 ’s general education 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%.

Read full report on General Education at Dakota Wesleyan University

3

Sinte Gleska University
Mission, South Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinte Gleska University landed the #3 spot on the list. Sinte Gleska University is located in Mission, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s general education degrees to qualified students.

Full Sinte Gleska University General Education 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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