by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,970 and had an average of $24,228 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 406 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,358 and $27,174 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 354 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. That schools that top this list have a program in teacher education grade specific in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota bachelor’s degree grade specific ed students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Black Hills State University landed the #1 spot on the list. BHSU is a small school located in Spearfish, South Dakota that handed out 59 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota. Located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 65 degrees to qualified bachelors’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Augustana University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Marty University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota list. Mount Marty University is located in Yankton, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota Wesleyan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.
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%.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Sioux Falls did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed 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 grade specific ed degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Oglala Lakota College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota ranking. This small school is located in Kyle, South Dakota, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees in 2020-2021.
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Dakota State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota list. Located in Madison, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Teacher Education Grade Specific at Dakota State University
University of South Dakota landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota ranking. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees to 61 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
South Dakota State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 58 degrees to qualified bachelors’s grade specific ed students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
Sinte Gleska University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Grade Specific Ed Major in South Dakota ranking, coming in at #11. Sinte Gleska University is located in Mission, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.
Full Sinte Gleska University Teacher Education Grade Specific Report
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