2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for AE for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for AE for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agricultural Engineering is the 341st most popular major in the country with 1,472 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Dakota, there were 11 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for AE for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for AE for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Dakota
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Dakota for AE for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 3 masters’s AE degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in South Dakota” ranking.According to our most recent data, South Dakota State University supports 11,405 students, and 369 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 158 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,731. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University Veteran Student Life 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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