by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nursing.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Marty University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Yankton, South Dakota. It awarded 33 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Major in South Dakota for a Doctorate list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s nursing 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%.
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