2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in South Dakota

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Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Dakota, there were 1,024 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,704 and $38,228 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,422 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in South Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. That schools that top this list have a program in nursing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in South Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for south dakota doctor’s degree nursing students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in South Dakota

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Mount Marty University
Yankton, South Dakota

#2 overall quality in South Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Marty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mount Marty is a private not-for-profit institution located in Yankton, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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%.

Full Mount Marty University Nursing Report

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

#1 overall quality in South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in South Dakota list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 8 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State Nursing Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing

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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