2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in South Dakota

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American U.S. Studies is the 350th most popular major in the country with 1,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across South Dakota, there were 0 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in American U.S. studies. That schools that top this list have a program in American U.S. studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in South Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in South Dakota”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in South Dakota

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Presentation College
Aberdeen, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Presentation College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in South Dakota list. Presentation College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It awarded 0 bachelors’s United States studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Presentation College American U.S. Studies Report

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Augustana University
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#3 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on United States Studies Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Augustana University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s United States studies degrees 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%.

Read full report on American U.S. Studies at Augustana Sioux Falls

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.